I have a civic that had a motor swap, it has no vtec, It was tested when the motor was warm/ hot.

1>the VTEC solenoid has been tested (it was jumpered & there was a jump in oil pressure)

2> the temp gauge & the speedo work

3> NO CEL.

4> oil level is good

 

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How much oil pressure? Your using a vtec ecu?

 

I'd say check the wire from the ecu to the solenoid using a wiring diagram, if that isn't it make sure you have the right ecu.

 

I'm using a vtec ecu. I donot remember the oil pressure reading. But when it engaged there was an audible difference.

"I'd say check the wire from the ecu to the solenoid using a wiring diagram"--- I attempted that got lost along the way (I found the pin on the ecu... b16 if I'm not mistaken ) although I'm not too sure how to test it with the test light . since it activates around 5k rpm when the car is in motion

 

try checking to make sure that all the pins in the rocker arms are there. My friend wasn't hitting vtec and i found out that one rocker arm didn't have a pin..

 

I wouldn't check the ecu with a test light because it sends back a small voltage and can hurt you ecu, don't do it use a digital multimeter.

 

I 'm not too sure what to do with the multi meter, I'm just aware of the beep noise mode.- "It beeps when a power manages to flow from + to -" I 'm also not too sure how to test the circuit .