Ok so this is my first honda so I know nothing about vtec or any of that. But today I was driving and went to hit vtec in first and nothing happened. Then I came out of class later on and hit vtec fine in second but I noticed that it broke up a little. Like went in and out of vtec. So I let it alone and tried it later and noticed it again. Like in first it wont hit or it hits very late and second and third will hit but start to break up like its in vtec but starts cutting in and out of it. What could it be? Could it be a bad batch of gas? Any help would be greatly appriciated!

 

I doubt its the gas. Hows your oil level? Maybe your VTEC solenoid gasket is dirty??


PS: The offsprings drummers daughter goes to the same school as my cousin haha.

 

ha no ****. thats awesome. Ill check the oil tomorrow. Also I did notice its smoking a little, like its burning oil. Is this normal? And also without doing a rebuild is there any way to fix it?

 

Yeah youll probably need a rebuild if youre burning oil.

That could be the problem, if you dont have enough oil pressure your VTEC wont kick in.

 

Vtec tends to burn some oil on some cars....excessive amount of oil burning then you might have another problem.

I have about same problem....Vtec use to engage and disengage...and i think it still does it....i get a Check engine light..do u? if yes, check what codes it gives u. Could be that ur solenoid or Vtec Oil Pressure switch is going bad or clip just having bad contact.

 

It has worked before. So it might just be the oil level. Also it only smokes when I really get on it. But how much does a oem rebuild go for on a jdm b16?

 

Who did the swap???


And rebuilds vary, so I cant give you a correct price. Keep a close eye on your oil level.

 

I bought it swapped so im not sure who did it. And I dont really think its an excessive amount of oil but I will keep an eye on it.

 

Is it a clean swap??? I'd never buy a swapped car since most of the time, its a shitty install.


Yes please keep a close eye on it. My original D16Y7 was also smoking a tiny bit of oil.
This happened
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUXiATvWgtE

 

^ damn that sucks! lol

 

Its a very clean swap.

 

Ok so I was a little low on oil. Guess Ill have to keep a better eye on that now

 

yeah usually this is caused by low oil like you found, also if you have the problem again that could be caused by the screen being dirty on the solenoid, as well as a bad fuel filter, also a little less likely is the vtec solenoid could be bad but that would be rare for it to cause those types of symptoms