just swapped my car and vtec does not engadge the check engine light comes on and throws codes for the tps and the map sensor so i changed both sensors and the light still comes on after i get on it for awhile and vtec does still not engadge does anyone have any suggestions?

 

check to see if your getting power to the solenoid(you will need a buddy to do this)

 

what year is the motor and what year/ model is the car.

 

What year civic and trim level is it? What motor are you running and what ECU are you running?

 

its a 93 dx hatch it had a 1.5 non vtec motor the motor in it now its a ctr with a chipped p28 it used to be auto too

 

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i just said that

 

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you need a obd2 vtec harness with a obd1 conversion harness to hook up to the ecu

 

yeah but i pinned the wires into the obd1 harnes that went into the ecu it doesnt throw codes for the selenoid at all if i disconnect the vtec pressure switch it will then throw a code for it..........do i still need that conversion harness?

 

Please explain what you pinned for clarifiaction purposes.

 

i printed out a sheet of paper with that told me witch wire goes where on the connector for the ecu and went off that and then got the pins and put the wires where the diagram told me for vtec

 

like the harness had no vtec b4 so i put the wires into the ecu plug where it told me i got the write up on how to do it on honda-tech but i cant find the thread right now

 

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IMO.... dont be cheap, i think your vtec isn't working because it isn't pinned right. i would buy all the right stuff so this doesn't happen again

 

bump!!!!for help

 

ok i bought all the pins with like 6 inches on them spliced them soldered them then put them where vtec would be pinned for the vtec model eg i don't understand how that's cheap or not the right way? explain im lost ha

 

did you reset your ECU after swapping the sensors out? under the hood its the only 7.5 amp fuse next to the battery under the lid of that black box.

Its possible you ran the vtec wire incorrectly too.

 

yeah i could have pinned it wrong but wouldnt it jsut throw a code? yes i did reset the ecu

 

Yeah when you hit vtec it would throw a code.
Did you get the CTR maps on your p28?

I'm out of ideas man.

 

haha i know it sucks i will jsut go over the wiring again change the selenoid and if no vtec after that i will just get an itr i guess ha

 

I think you have over looked something. Go recheck everything, and make sure your harness actually hooked into the vtec solenoid.

 

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i don't think the non-vtec harness came with the hook up to the solenoid

 

What engine is this again? I don't recall the civic ever producing a civic type-r, which is what ctr means to me.

 

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if i am right then the b16b from the jdm civic type r, which is 96 -99 i think.

 

Oh right i forgot about the 6th gen type r. So you got an obd2 motor wired into an obd1 car. I think you need that conversion harness. i also think jdmshit.com sells them.

 

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thank you..

 

well i rewired it so it has an obd 2 distributor it has an obd1 alternator and obd2 itr injectors and those are the only things i can think that needs to be obd2 im pretty sure the selenoids are the same tho and yeah its a b16b obd2 motor from the ek but what else would need to be obd2? especially if your just going to convert it to obd1 anyways