ok the car is a '90 crx dx, with an obd-1 conversion. motor is a d16z6, with obd-1 v-tec sol., dizzy,injectors...and a chipped p28(by xencron) ecu.


well i bought the car as a rolling shell and wanted to go obd-1 so i dont have to deal with the smog police out here(sd ca.)


the car has always had ecu codes (c.e.l. on) and i would always be able to check the codes by grounding a brown(maybe tan?) wire that is coming from the ecu harness... i ground the wire and the c.e.l. light flashes what code i would have (mostly been code #41)


since ive always had code #41 (and car would cut out @4k rpm) i got enough cash to replace my oxygen sensor.


i pulled the neg. batt. terminal and replaced the oxygen sensor, the re-connected the neg. terminal.....

now:

c.e.l. light stays on (dash cluster)... now when i use the same brown wire to check for codes, nothing happens? (c.e.l. light just stays solid) and brown wire is snuggly connected @ ecu harness and i know im using a solid ground!! (btw now i can only get the car up to 3.5k rpm???)

1) why would the wire stop working?
2) also what can i do to check my ecu codes??


3) also any1 have any idea why the car will now only rev to 3.5k rpm since i replaced the oxygen sensor??



any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!

 

Unground the CEL jumper. The CEL will only flash if has a code set. If you have no codes and its grounded it will stay on.

 

I un-grounded the jumper wire (cel still on) when i re-ground the jumper wire...same results just solid c.e.l.

???

 

bump, any ideas?

 

anybody have any ideas on why grounding the jumper wire wouldnt show ecu codes?

any other way i can find out what codes im throwing?


plz help.... i really need to fix my crx!!

 

plug in another ECU and see if you get issues. Solid CEL can mean bad ECU

 

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also check the wires on the plugs goin to the ecu, they could come in contact if theyre damage causing the cel light to stay on.