So i was driving to work yesterday after changing my oil a couple of days ago. Well unfortunatly the seal on my oil filter must have sliped out of its groove when I was putting the filter on and lost all my oil on the way to work. Also ended up having my check engine soon light come on. I have a Haynes repair book for it so I jumpered the 8 and 13 slots on the whatchamadingy below my dash and the code I got off my light was code 22 (V-tech malfunction). Well after getting a new filter and replacing my oil I thought I would drive it a few times to see if it was just cause the loss of oil well apperently not. Was wondering if anyone could give me some suggestion on what to look for to find out more about the problem???? Anything would help thanks.

 

The code was probably due to your oil pressure being too low. When it gets too low, VTEC will not engage and will trigger the code. Reset the ECU by pulling the clock back-up fuse.

 

FYI I did search the site and read the post titled - What to do? Check Engine Light / Code P1259 - quite helpful to a point but one thing not mentioned was that the computer after 3 consecutive drive cycles is supposed to automatically clear the code?? Is this not true and does Haynes not know how to write books on cars?? Already know how to clear the codes just wanted to see if it would autoclear like the book says before I cleared it. And if it comes back on anyone have suggestions??

 

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I didn't tell you to search. The "Why can't people search before posting a question" is part of my signature.

Haynes uses a lot of generic info and pictures (to save on costs), and is not always the best book to trust. But yes, some codes automatically clear themselves, but not all of them do. The drive cycles are picky as well, meaning that there are quite a few requirements for the ECU to consider it a full cycle.