The head I used to do the Mini me swap (D16z6 head) was sitting in the car for about 7 months without running, well my vtec worked in my car for about 2 months, then it started throwing code 21 vtec not working. Well i check all my wires and made sure they were plug in, what else could i do to check it? Someone said maybe that the soleniod can mabye become clogged and that needs to be taken out and cleaned, is that mabye a factor sence my car head was sitting unused for 7 months?

 

check your oil level.

 

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Ahh nvm beat me to it.

 

I checked out the oil level and it seems to be fine, what else could be the causes?

 

the solenoid filter may be clogged. you can use a ohm-meter to find out if it's the filter. i'm not sure about the limits. think it migth be something like 7-14Ohm. that's between one of the solenoid plug pins and earth.

 

Yes another thread where someone didnt search.
Like said before check your oil pressure and oil level.

 

did you take that little oil diffuser pin out of the top/middle of your block before putting the head on?

 

the oil jet? if so yes i remembered to take it out. anybody have a pic of where the solenoid is and how to take it off to get to the filter?

 

The solenoid is the round cylinder thing on your IM side of your valve cover.

 

ohh ok what all do i need to take off to get it off?

 

ok so i was going through checkin all the wires to see if they got cut and, i took my battery out to look where it goes threw the firewall and i see a little nic in the wire. What happend was one of the wires that i installed for vtec had gotten smashed under the battery and was being grounded off, so i moved it and WAMMO vtec is workin yo, Im so happy i was gettin ready to take the solenoid out and clean it if i couldnt find anything wrong with the wires, thanx for the info H T