I have a 94 ex and everyone says its an f22b1, well i was putting my intake back on and i looked at it just to check and it said f22a1, and alot of ppl on here say that comes from a prelude, and mine has a black vtec valve cover where all accords i have seen have silver this year, so whats the deal? as far as i know the only owner before me was an old lady and didnt have a swap done...and f22a1 = non vtec? yet the valve cover says vtec and has the plugs up front which all obd1 vtec does i thought

 

you sure it's an a and not a dirty b?

 

get some hot water and wash the sucker down... like legacy said could be just some dirt or something... but if youre sure about take a pic!

 

by the way, the 94 vtecs (f22b1) DID have black valve covers. so that's normal.

 

i own a 95 ex but i thought all ex models from 94-97 were f22b1. i would do what everybody else is saying and wash it off and double check code.

 

heres the deal:

EX accords have the f22b1 SOHC motor (yes, the non-vtec preludes of the same era have the engine).......the black valve cover is on older 5th gens.....starting in 96(?), honda stopped coating the valve cover as a means to cut costs....the silver is just polished metal, and some people swap/powder coat their valve cover as well ....trust me, ur situation is not unique (my vavle cover is black too, and in fact, the **** is chipping off.....)

 

umm my 94ex has a black valve cover... and yes its an F22B1, does the valve cover say 'sohc vtec' ?

 

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dude.....this has been resolved, and NO, it wont say SOHC Vtec, just VTEC (if its OEM).......if u have the stock engine on a 94-97 Accord, in an F22B1 SOHC Vtec, without a doubt.......if u scrape off the black ****, and spend time polishing the metal, it will look just like the "silver" valve covers

 

Dirty block lol, yeah it just says vtec, holla at te black valve cover crew lol, rare USDM ****