I might be buying a car with a bad vss and i have to drive it back home like 2 hours. Is it safe? Mostly highway miles. Them it will sit until i get the vss for it.

 

You just won't know how fast you are driving. I don't see a problem if you go with the flow of traffic. Oh, and your odometer will be off.

 

Other than not know how fast your going, yes you will be fine.

 

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correct so that could also be a mileage problem since you wont really know how long it has been bad, I am pretty sure the guy who is selling will say "Yea well it just went out on me last week, so i stopped driving it" or something like that.

 

Cool. I really didn't think it would be a problem. I did think about that whole thing with the mileage. I trust this guy. Thanks.

 

Glad we could help.

 

mind been screwed for 3 months and im too lazy and busy to get it fixed. so yes there is about 2000 kms short in my odo(swapped a EK9 cluster mileage doesnt matter now anyways ) , and 5th gear 3500 is 100kmh around anyways, so beside that nothing else need to be concerned.

 

mine has been bad in my dd since the day I bought it, that was about a year ago, and it's still fine

 

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the check eng light is kinda annoying though

 

Ugh... I hate check engine lights.

 

also VTAK won't be p0ppin

 

it's fine, but why won't you just fix it?

 

no VTEC, the ECU will not know which gear you are in so it will run rich and retard timing.

just fix it, it's not expencive to replace.
OP, if you need one I have the one out of my 92 hatch sitting here.

 

It's not my car that has the bad vss. It is the car that i might be buying that has the bad vss. And i will get it fixed when i get it back home. I would only be driving it on the highway for like 2 hours. Thanks for the replies.

 

another person posting a question for a car he "might buy"... wtf waste everybody's time?

 

LoL. Your crotch looks red. change your tampon.

 

i have a few VSS's, I sell them for 30 shipped

 

not that serious.. just changed my buddies for his accord this weekend.. took me 10 min.. the part at the junkyard cost like $40..

 

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No it wont, my vT3k still pop at 5800...but then i have power fc.

ok seriously i doubt it will even with stock ecu? as i been driving w/o for some time and gas mileage seems same.

 

I've been driving without my VSS working for about3 months. It doesn't seem to harm anything but I would like to know how fast I'm going. I've bough several used VSS but differen't year and model. Then I finally bought new and still not workin only sometimes? any ideas?

 

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do you still have the check engine light..if not.. make sure the sensor is connected all the way

 

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funny, no really it was

 

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just fix it, it's not expencive to replace.
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how does the ecu know what gear you are in?? so what if im in 4th and i go to second then fifth.. will the ecu know???? lol....

i drove 2 miles without my vss when i did my last swap 2 weeks ago.. forgot about it.. drove to get gas.. no speedo.. but no cel either.. i didnt test for vtec because i just got it running when i was testdriving it to get gas

 

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if you let out the clutch yes.

it calculates the gear based on the engine RPM and vehicle speed.

if it sees no speed it will asume you are not in gear, which of course is leaner. Which can cause problems if you push the car.
the reason for no VTEC is the VTEC speed check, ie VTEC will not actuate unless you are moving over a certain speed. All though this can be disabled.