Won't rev past 3k, Please help
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Won't rev past 3k, Please help
1997 Civic with a b20b motor. Just had the swap put in about a month ago. Car was running fine until today. I was driving and all of a sudden it wouldn't let me rev past 3k, and it bogged down the harder i would press the gas pedal. When i feather the pedal the car accelerates a little. Can someone please help me out? Thanks a lot.
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Re: Won't rev past 3k, Please help
Also, it's throwing a CEL code 17 (vehicle speed sensor), it was throwing that when the car was running fine, so I'm not sure if that can be a factor or not.
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When my car was running fine, the CEL would turn off every time I would turn off my car. It would stay off for a bit once I restarted the car, but would reappear when I ran it for a bit. I tried testing it with a paperclip and that's the only code that showed up.
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You have a 97 honda is your motor obd1 ? Cause if im not mistaken you should have a obd 2 witch means your connector is underneath the steering wheel so where do you get a paper clip
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obd2. It's a 98' motor. I tested the cel codes with the small connector next to the ecu. Is that not the correct place to get the codes?
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Re: Won't rev past 3k, Please help
Car is now revving past 3k, but still very sluggish. It feels like it's running on 3 cylinders or something. Checked spark plugs and they are all fine. Ideas?
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granny shifter did you ever find out your problem my friend is having same problem in his eg hatch with b20 swap? he tried swapping ecus but no luck?
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Re: Won't rev past 3k, Please help
It turned out to be a short. The battery terminal runs straight to the fuse box, it connects to a couple of bolts. The bolts in the fuse box were loose. It was a bizarre solution. It all worked out after I tightened the bolts.
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