well i was driving my car down the street today and i noticed that this has been happening before for a while. when i drive my car will all of a sudden begin to act as if i hit a rev limiter and it will make a sound similar to as if i was hitting one.. and it will do it for a few seconds and then stop. when this is happening my tach goes all over it bounces from 0 back up to the rpm it was at. i don't know if this is a electrical problem? something wrong w/ my engine?? i replaced the spark plug wires, spark plugs, distributor cap and rotor, and fuel filter all within the last month. i'm confused as to what it could be. any ideas on what could cause this?

sometimes what will really trigger it is if i down shift and i rev it up to rev match it it will begin to have this symptom happen as i begin to accelerate.

any help would be great!!!! thanks

 

check the throttle cable to see if it's bound.
Check to see if throwing codes--The ecu will tell you what's up.
Check grounds! All 6 of them....or whatever crazy *** no. the b16a has.-- VC, Thermo, Tranny, Chasis, Vtec selenoid,

 

The throttle cable is ok.. I only get this problem sometimes.. Not all the time.. Sometimes the car will drive just fine and get me to where I need 2 go.. Ill check the grounds tho. Last time I had a similar problem w/ a old car and it was a fuel problem.. But this problem is slightly different..

 

if u throw multiple codes the car will kinda do this thing that feels like its hittin a rev limiter at low rpms....it sounds like a wiring issue... faulty connections can get rattled loose temporarily causin u to throw a bunch of codes and it will go in super safe mode...well thats what i call it where it will do what ut saying its doing...check ur wiring at the ecu...

 

My car is only throwing the vss code 17.. Its throwing that only cuz the wiring behind my guage cluster is messed up.. The red and yellow wire isn't connected.. Previous owner hacked that **** up..

 

I doubt it has anything to do with your throttle.
I've heard this alot and had the issue myself twice, it's always the igniter unit, try scraping some carbon build-up off the connections inside the distributor. That may help, if not, replace the igniter.

And fix your VSS wiring.

 

I had the same problem twice. It was the ignitor both times. Very easy fix. Just remove the cap, two screws on the outside of the distributor and unplug the four connectors and replace the busted ignitor. Then enjoy the vtec.

 

I just did the cap and rotor on the distributor a week ago.

 

I'm assuming the cap and rotor have nothing 2 do w/ the igniter? What kind of igniter do I use? A 90 integra one?

 

anyone?

 

well hello there. i had this exact same problem. try rewiring your injectors completely, from the injectors to the ecu. they might be wired into the resister box wrong, or a wire might be bad. took me a while to figure it out also. i put mone yon it thats your prob. let me know about it

 

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And fix your VSS wiring.

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I'll get the igniter changed.. Can I change it w/out having to take the distributor off, or do I have to take off the whole distributor in order to change it?

 

you should take off the distributor, makes it much easier.
Taking it off isn't hard.
If you're concerned about timing when you bolt it on again, Get a timing light, if you're going to work on your car alot and tune it for performance you should have one anyway.

 

i duno how to use a timing gun tho

 

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I dunno if you're joking or not but if you aren't and you're working on a crx you need to a. jump the check engine light b. attach timing gun c. aim gun at crank pulley d. make sure the lines line up.

Get a helm manual along with that timing gun.

 

ok so i changed the igniter and it still did the same problem.. it only did it once on the drive home and just for a second.. but that obviously means the problem still has to be there.. so thus far i have changed the igniter, cap, rotor, fuel filter, spark plugs, & plug wires.. i have a ghetto set of plug wires so i'm probably gonna go 2 honda and get some new oem ones.

 

Check your grounds.. and try resetting the ecu.

 

the only grounds i know of are.. the valve cover, vtec solenoid, and tranny.. what else is there?

 

also when all of this is happening the tach goes wild it bounces all over the place.

today i really got on it in third gear and it wouldn't rev up all the way.. i got to about my guess is 7k but the tach was going all over the place so i couldn't really tell.. after doing this it really triggered the problem and i could barely drive back home. (i did this testing all in my area about 1/2 a mile from my house) so when i was driving back i couldn't really rev pas 2500 rpm and it still would give me that problem. the tach would bounce and i would get to around 2k or so and then it would give me that back firing kinda sound and not drive anymore until i shifted into a higher gear then it would go ok for a little bit. this problem is confusing the hell outta me. when it doesn't accelerate it kinda sounds like a rev limiter/backfire.. sometimes it would backfire pretty bad..

 

seems like from reading around a little bit some are saying w/ other problems a main relay, ignition switch, possibly jumped teeth in my timing belt??..

is the ignition switch the same as a ignitier? do either of these sound like the potential problem?


Modified by D16A6_HF at 11:59 PM 8/9/2005

 

fixed it.. turns out it was a bad ground way back hidden near the intake manifold.. damn i replaced so much **** for this... but i'm sure it was all worth it.. i was gonna do all that stuff anyways. thanks for all your help guys i appreciate it a lot.