I decided to remove the toggle switch that was controlling my VTEC on my car today. It was being bypassed by just some sort of speaker wire connected to the solenoid wiring and then electric taped. I completely removed the wire and the switch and re-taped it so no wire was exposed.

From this point I'm confused on what to do next to get the CEL code to go away. The whole VTEC module seems intact. I followed wiring and everything looks good.

What am I supposed to do next to get this damn thing to work properly??

 

so vtec won't work now.... did you connect the wires properly to the ecu.

 

There was nothing disconnected from the ECU when it was bypassed.

 

ok but does vtec work ? and have you re-set the ecu since correcting the issue.

 

I haven't driven it since I removed the bypass. How do you reset the ECU?

 

disconnect the battery for a few minutes

 

pull the 15a and 7.5(or 7) fuse out from the fuse box in the bay or dissconnect the neg battery terminal for 15 mins or so.

 

I have to pull both fuses? I tried just pulling the 15 fuse just assuming it would need to be done to clear codes.

 

yes as the 7.5 is the back up for the ecu

 

OK I'll try that in the morning and let you know if it worked and cleared the code. And also test drive it to work to see if the VTEC engages at appropriate rpms

 

Disconnect battery terminals, try to start the car, reconnect battery terminals. That'll reset your ECU.

OP, if I remember correctly, you have an OBD1 ECU, correct? Follow this troubleshooting diagram.

 

Thanks that'll help a lot, if reseting ecu doesn't clear the code I'll go over the troubleshoot process