VTEC not working?
honda_prelude_1994
10-18-2004, 05:06 PM
I have a 94' Honda Prelude S and I did an H22A swap in it. I had my vtec all wired into the computer, and one of my buddies ripped out the wires to the ecu on accident. I tried everything to get it working again but nothing seems to work. I don't know if its the computer or the solenoid, i've tried the stock h22a ECU and the upgraded one, both of them don't work, I dont want to buy another ECU. what should i do?
FDTT
10-18-2004, 05:14 PM
Ummm, how in the world did he rip the wires out of the ECU? Sounds liek you either need to patch the wires back up there or get a new wiring harness and ECU.
AcesHigh
10-19-2004, 11:58 PM
It sounds like a couple wires aren't completely connected on the ECU harness.
nicotine251
10-20-2004, 03:11 AM
is your car running or not?
cause if it is i don't think it could be the wirings..
cause if it is i don't think it could be the wirings..
AcesHigh
10-20-2004, 11:39 AM
There are certain wires you can pull out that will still start and drive the engine. The VTEC wire, for one. All it does is throw a CEL.
nicotine251
10-21-2004, 03:42 AM
i should keep my mouth shut cause my car stopped running because i messed with my vafc
honda_prelude_1994
10-21-2004, 10:50 AM
There are certain wires you can pull out that will still start and drive the engine. The VTEC wire, for one. All it does is throw a CEL.
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Yeah, it was the wiring. The other day I got motivated to get the VTEC working and I pulled all the wires out that I ran through the firewall to the ECU and rewired everything the correct way. So now it works great, WOW! I forgot how much power that motor had before that happened! Only one problem though, it still pours a lot of fuel into the chambers and it doesn't get burned. When that happens I'll be in fourth or fifth gear cruising at a constant speed, and the check engine light will come on???
I gotta find the service check connector to find out what code it's throwing.
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Yeah, it was the wiring. The other day I got motivated to get the VTEC working and I pulled all the wires out that I ran through the firewall to the ECU and rewired everything the correct way. So now it works great, WOW! I forgot how much power that motor had before that happened! Only one problem though, it still pours a lot of fuel into the chambers and it doesn't get burned. When that happens I'll be in fourth or fifth gear cruising at a constant speed, and the check engine light will come on???
I gotta find the service check connector to find out what code it's throwing.
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