it is a sad day, my vtec isnt working

the car was very warm, perfect oil level, no CEL's

last time I hit vtec before i did my drivers side wire tuck (which I dont think would affect the wiring to the vtec) it hit hard in a 1st gear pull, but as i put the clutch in and let the motor rev down I heard a loud thump

do you think I could have broken my vtec solenoid?

and which wires do I use to test the solenoid to make sure it still pops open?

 

well if you hit vtec hard enough, it will eventually break. vtecs dont stand up to abuse very well. i recommend being gentle to the replacement vtec.

 

are you refering to "vtec" as the vtec solenoid?

 

well check your spark plugs, i saw a thread on here about a kid who didnt tightin his plugs all the way down and it poped up,
is oil level good to

 

ahaha thats funny, r u serious u broke the vtec? i never knew vtec can break, replace ur vtec solinoid mayb or check ur spark plugs like wat qfast said, and have u replaced your oil?

 

is your speedo working? what about your VSS? check those two

 

everything is working just fine, speed sensor, new plugs, new plug wires, new oil, the only thing i changed since the last time it wirked was the plug wires because the old ones were all goofed up

I have no clue why it isnt working, i didnt think it could break either, its pretty gay

 

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Gay indeed, hopefully for you, it's just the soleniod. Try that and let us know if you fixed it. Ha, his vtec broke. I know, it's not cool but it sounds funny.

 

i was just kidding with you mang. i just thought it was funny that you "hit" vtec, and then it "broke"

 

its actually called the spool solenoid.

replace your spool solenoid, or take it off and brake clean it, they have little screens for pick up, clean it out and give it a shot.

-Rob

 

yea, I might as well not have a weiner, that hows i feel without my vtec hahaha jk

but yea, i will take it apart today and test it and try cleaning it out, anyone else have any ideas of what could have gone wrong?

 

try conecting batt voltage to the silenoid for only a moment while the motor is runing and listen for it engage. if it does check your wireing job

 

the solenoid still clicks, then i went to test it the pin practically fell out of the plug

but there was no CEL?

anyone think it could have not been connected properly but still gotten voltage so there was no cel, but was not strong enough to make the solenoid pop open?

 

the solenoid is **switch** by the computer there is no diag capabilities

 

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I thought that both wires would throw a CEL if they were disconnected or malfunctioning

 

reinstall the wires and drive it!!!!

 

I would rather try to find the cause before I go out and drive it again and potentially make things worse

 

mayb u did the wiring wrong wen u did ur wire tuck, like you maybe messed up on placing the wires, did you go back and check the wires?

 

i did the drivers side, so it should not affect the wiring for the vtec, I only tucked the headlight wires

are there any wires related to the vtec ones on the drivers side?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC2 Mang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> it hit hard in a 1st gear pull, but as i put the clutch in and let the motor rev down I heard a loud thump
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It sounds like your engine was pinging and the knock sensor is causing the ECU to run in limp mode w/ no vtec. Are you running the correct octane of gas for a GSR.?

 

91 octane with injector cleaner, the gas is a little old

the car has no knock sensor, chiped p28 and i have a vafc

there was no pinging at all, ran like a champ

 

o if u tucked your wireing for the head lights nevermind

 

if you have any friends with vtec on there car (im sur eu do) borrow theres and see if your vtec works, if it does then that your problem

 

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i do, i will ask to borrow his solenoid, or put mine on his car and see what it does

but mine still clicks so im stumped

 

ya switch your solenoids and see what happens