Modified by visual at 11:06 PM 1/5/2007

 

cmon guys.. help my best friend out.. gude? boosted97? oh yea and we figured out the vtec problem, it was cause the car was not warmed up enough.. anyways yea whenever i punch the car (i.e.: vtec engages) the headlights start flashing and dimming and the left turn signal starts lighting up slowly and eventually the check engine light comes on.. but then when we restart the car the check engine light is gone.. so i'm thinking it has to do with the vtec.... any help is appreciated guys..TIA

 

What engine code are you throwing? If you can find out what code you are throwing, then you can find you problem...Did you reset your ECU after you installed the intake? Try reseting it, and if the light comes back on, then you have a problem.

 

yea we're gonna check and see what code its throwing today... andthe only thing we did to reset the ecu was disconnect the negative battery terminal for about 2 hours...

 

It should only take 30sec to reset the ecu this way. Someone obviously bumped something out of place during the install. Did you get a check engine code yet? Look over ALL of the intake manifold vacuum lines, check the fuse box for blown fuses, and make sure that the altenator is properly connected. Thats the only things i can think of, all i can say is when you installed the intake something was tinkered with...

 

I'm thinking Bad alternator...

 

does an altenator throw a check engine light?

 

the thing is that we're not able to get the code since the check engine light only comes on after u engage vtec several times.... and if u turn off the car its gone.. one thing is that the pulleys were all replaced and some bearing or something was busted, which was also replaced.. now there's a whistling turbo type sound coming from where the pulleys are...

 

you never provided that info to us before! Lets see here.... what bearing was it that busted? Im assuming you replaced the altenator and power steering pulley? If you guys did the altenator pulley, im willing to bet money this problem is altenator related. I had a problem with my CEL light coming on a few months ago after about 3 minutes of running, and i could never get it to throw a code, but putting in the hondata fixed that for me. when the CEL light is on, try pulling over and then trying to pull a code... its worth a try.

 

is it ok if i get the cel code while the car is running?

 

i tried to throw the code when the engine was on and running, i wasnt successful. but maybe you will be, its worth a try at least. are you losing power? are you still having the electrical problems as well?

 

when you say grey wire, is it from the wire harness? that right there could be your problem... try to get a picture of it and post it on here, that will help out a lot.

 

do me a favor, take several pictures of your engine bay, from the wire hanging loose, your intake manifold vacuum lines, pulley/ altenator area, and other locations of the bay that you worked on.

 

shutup i'm not lazy...lol

 

go to hell

 

and btw the headlights still flicker a little..

 

trust me... at high speeds on the freeway

 

the fan coming on is normal, its just cooling your car down.

 

no

 

wtf? how'd u get it out of the garage?

 

garen.. what are you smoking? the fan just comes on to cool the car down... its normal... i'm disappointed in u..

 

oh ok... did he say it was fast?

 

WHY WONT IT EVER STOP!!!!

 

yea... listen to garen... bring the car to the track on friday (garen ur coming too btw) and armen isnt a bad driver.. he's just a little happy with the gas pedal...

 

atleast u kno what a bolt-on is... god i hate that thread..


[Modified by armharm, 6:17 PM 11/12/2002]