somebody help please my car has been broke down for about a month and nobody seems to be able to fix you guys are my last hope
my car is a 90 integra with a jdm 92 integra xsi b16 swap i had the car for about a month and it was runnin great then all of a sudden it dies on me everything electrical in the car worked but the car stalled out so i pulled over and checked the fuses and the 10 amp ecu fuse under the hood was blown so i changed it and the car cranks but as soon as you turn the key the fuse blows again it sat for a week then at the garage we popped a fuse in and thried it the car started right up like there was nothing wrong with it then it stalled and blew a fuse again the ecu gave a code for vtec solinoid but it doesnt stay powered up long enough for me to make sure thats the code i tried using a 15 amp fuse because it broke down about 20 min away from my house and i couldnt find a phone for a ride and the car ran fine again then the check engine light came on and the car had a redline of 3500 so i pulled over and shut the car off waited about 10 min and started it again it ran fine untill today it died again and i cant get it started at all it just cranks can anybody help me cus nobody in pittsburgh has a clue the person that did the swap said it s the car not his work so im stuck

 

i think your wireing is messed up to or from the vte c solinoid/ the reason the fuse is blowin is a bad wire connection / re check all wireing that was needed to got to VTEC!!!!

before you fry your ecu

 

for some reason i cant send ims back to you sorry i wasnt blowing you off and thanks ill try checkin those if the ecu isnt fried already

 

yup 30 days longer lol

 

well the plug off the vtec solinoid is cracked and kinda loose what one would i use to replace it del sol vtec or what?

 

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Any Obd-1 vtec solenoid plug will work as a replacement (dohc/sohc).

You def. have something wrong in your wiring, most likely a short somewhere, possibly b/c of your messed up plug (could be causing short). I would fix it before you damage the ecu by putting in higher amperage fuses, and then have to pay more to replace the ecu, when i could be a cheap fix.

And the 3500 rpm rev limiter is limp home mode, its ok to temporarily drive on it to get to a phone or home. Its a safety feature so you don't f'up your engine.

 

well i didnt drive it in that mode i shut the car off and then started it again and it ran fine foratleast 2 hrs i drove it around my house hoping it would throw a code so i know where to look and it was strog i just tried starting the car for the first tim esince yesterday it blew the fuse so i unpluged the vtec solinoid it still blew the fuse my friend took me to a honda dealer to talk to a tech he said its the harness i tried to start it again hoping it would run and it did i got it home it ran like a new car the whole way im confused as hell anyone in pittsburgh getting a motor swap done dont go to hybridynamics this is what happens when they do it now i gotta pay someone else to rewire my car now

 

ok heres the deal i replaced the vtec solinoid and the ecu stopped throwing codes but it died again as soon as i shut the door and i cant get it started again what to do next ?

 

check the grounds to the ecu.... top of thermostat housing...

 

i checked all the grounds and i cant find any bare wires in the harness that might be shorting either could the vires for the vtec solinoid be backwards? its the only thing i didnt check because i thought the idiot that did my swap knew what he was doin

 

so i finally get it towed home now i need to know what else to look for anybody else i checked it all so far

 

ok heres the deal i changed the vtec solinoid now im getting a code 16 what is that all about anybody know what it is and what i gotta do to fix it?

 

Code 16 is fuel injectors malfunction/short circuit/unplugged. I am currently working on that same code for my car, but for me it only comes on at around 7800 rpms and very intermittently. I believe mine is being caused by a dirty fuel filter (haven't changed it in god knows how long. But check your to make sure you injector plugs are fastened tightly to the injector, check for breaks/cuts in injector wiring. You could have knocked somthing loose while dealing with the solenoid.

P.S. There is only one wire to the Vtec Solenoid, so its impossible for the wires to be backwards seeing how there is only one.
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when i said the vtec being wired wrong i ment the acual harness he made but i checked all the wires and conections nothing is loose or broke so isaid the hell with it i pulled the ecu out of the car and went inside the next morning i said ill try it again popped in the ecu and ecu fuse no code and the car ran fine im confused as hell