yellowmonkeyboy

just finshed a swap b16a into eg hatch
i/h/e
can you hear the vtec engage? cuz i dont hear anything? but cant really tell...
i can hear it on my friends gsr but he said its because of the butterfly(dual stage vtec blah blah )

Ministry

what do you mean you dont hear anything? you mean the motor makes the same sound all the way up to 8K RPM?

I've found that noisy mods like i/h/e sometimes make the changeover harder to notice.

WAFFLES

Stock B16A VTEC is quiet but audible. Add the bolt-ons and it gets pretty loud and noticeable.

Turbogixxer

Yeah, I would check your wiring again and check the Vtec solenoid by putting the wires directing to a 12v power source. And this

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KAMiN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1) Oil level, its gotta be FULL. I'm talking at the upper mark on the dipstick.

2) Solenoid, Ok this is a 2 parter. A) take a wire (any wire) disconnect the grey plug on the vtec solenoid and touch the wire to the pos. battery terminal and the solenoid side of the grey 1 pin connector. there should be an audible click from the solenoid. B) If A checks out, remove the solenoid and clean the filter screen. (self explanatory)

3) Speed, the car must be going over 10 mph so the spedo must be working. that means the VSS has to be working. vtec is temperamental isn't it? &lt;IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://images.zeroforum.com/smile/emwink.gif" BORDER="0"&gt;

4) more oil, check the oil pan. if its dented POUND IT OUT!. this is why mine wasn't working. the pan was dented in far enough to hit the oil pickup for the pump to cause low pressure situation in the head, no pressure no vtec.

5) ECU Swap out to another ECU that you KNOW vtec works on.

6) Car must be at I belive its 80 degrees or higher so let car get to a normal operating temprature.

7) If none of the above work, you might want to pull the solenoid off the head, remove the solenoid filter and verify the piston moves freely.

Thats a basic troubleshoot for it. if i missed anything or got anything wrong just reply and ill change the info.
If you go through all this and it still doesn't work its oil pressure (the pump) or wiring related. so check all the wires for vtec.
Thats it i hope it helps some people.
Joe</TD></TR></TABLE>

eg6h8k

hmm seems something is not right..i have a jdm 2nd gen b16 w. i/h and its really loud...u could hear vtec from like a 1/4 mile away...like in 2nd gear hitting vtec..damn this **** is loud..and i though my friends h22a was loud..

VTECVillain

The question should be "can you FEEL the VTEC!!!"

Nyc y0!!!

I can hear my vTec y0!!!!!!!!
Maybe you should check your hearing-aid

poison

You should be able to hear it...

feel it? nope?

VTECVillain

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by poison &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You should be able to hear it...

feel it? nope? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh that's right, we're talking about a B16A. In that case, yeah you should only be able to hear it.

yellowmonkeyboy

well dont hear ****.. sounds the same all the way through all the rpm's the weird things is though, im still able to peel into 2nd gear and a lil into 3rd gear, and i raced my friends GSR and i barely beat him...???