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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:07 PM
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Default please help: vtec doesnt always engage, temp ok and oil level ok, did a search

sometimes vtec doesnt kick in. is there a code for failling solenoids and if solenoids are failing, does check engine light turn on??? are they under warranty???

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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:49 PM
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i think if the solenoid is not working, a CEL will definitely pop up. Are you getting a CEL?
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:30 PM
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Ok grasshopper... calm down and tell us all what mods you have done to your car and which was the last one...

Get my drift?
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Old Sep 13, 2001 | 05:31 AM
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Do you have a vtec controller? You may have a loose wire or bad unit...
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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 02:13 AM
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get an oil change my 94 wtec lude had that same problem one time vtec stoped working and i was like ahhh **** my motors dead. but i got an oil change and it work fine after that weird thing was that i only had 1500 on it since last oil change.
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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 06:33 AM
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after the car is warm, or only shortly after startup?
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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 06:52 AM
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more than likely its an electrical problem. verify your connections are good at the solenoid and then trace it back all the way to the ecu.
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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 09:27 AM
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that happened to me a couple of times...i found it to be the car wasn't warmed up yet...... but she's fine now..
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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 07:51 PM
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...got to let'er come up to operating temp before you mash it...
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