damn my vtec will not engage in 2nd gear and the rest. wtf?! around 7K rpm it tries to kick in than jerks and than dies?! anybody know wut's going on? i'm about 100 miles overdue for an oil change. maybe thas the problem, anybody can help?

 

any CEL? most likely low oil pressure, check the oil level.

 

You are likely low on oil......

Cheese~

 

I had the same problem and it felt like someone was playing with the VTEC right? Felt like someone kept hitting a switch to kick VTEC on and OFF when you're supposed to be in VTEC. Well, VTEC only engages when a) Temp is right b) Engine speed car speed c) Oil Pressure is good.
I had the same problem. Oil, Very important! Good luck!
Ken

 

5 sensors for VTEC:

Oil pressure
RPM
Speed
Temperature
Throttle position

EDIT: ALL must give an okay signal, any one of those could be keeping VTEC from activating correctly.



[Modified by SurferX, 12:47 PM 6/5/2002]

 

Well, since the others stated the obvious problem in the list of what to look at for; NO VTEC Being Low or No oil... Go check it and let us know how low it was.

You do hopefully know to check it on a level surface when the car is cold, or in the morning before you've even driven it right?

You ain't gonna get no Poontang without any VTEC!

Just cause it's Yella don't mean the girlies are gonna get all moist in the loins.

Good luck,

A.

 

sounds like lack of oil, as said before....shame on you for not checking at regular intervals, and welcome to burning mad oil

 

haha Anton.. not sure which of those I'll use.. but I'll use one in my sig.. maybe one on the ITR Expo 03 unofficial shirts too

 

oil If adding oil doesn't help this is some good reading, enjoy. http://www.leecao.com/honda/vtec/dohcvtec.html





[Modified by slowassR, 5:57 PM 6/5/2002]

 

Check your oil regularly. If still not activating after oil level is ok, could it then be VTEC solenoid? Agree, no POON TANG if the car isn't running properly...

 

thanx so much guys, why am i burning up so much oil? somebody had the same problem at the autox i was at and he has a 98. he said around 2000 miles his was burning up mad amounts of oil. **** i checked my dipstick and it was really low. hmmm imma have to look into this, anyways thanx so much again for the help, honda-tech forums=the shiznitty!!!!!!!

 

Check your OIL!

 

yeah keep a steady on your oil on these cars...espcially with your oil type/weight and how much you run in vtec...

 

The last picture in that article is not even an VTEC engine!!!





[Modified by DutchITR1689, 2:45 PM 6/6/2002]

 

It is normal for high reving engines to burn more oil, especially if you are driving them at high rpm all the time. Everytime a piston does a cycle, it burns a very small amount of oil (this is thrue for all engines) so when you are at 8000 rpm it is going to burn more oil then if you are at 4000 rpm.
The more you race the car the moe you will have to keep an eye on the oil level.

 

the same thing actually happened to me, and before that, i checked that i needed some oil. it kicked only at 7k rpm. but my car was cold then. It seems to be fine now.but you guys just reminded me to top off my oil. I gotta use other oil the next time i'm changing it. Mobil synthetic does burn oil.