How do I know if my VTEC is not working?

SO MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WARMED UP AND YOU HAVE A SUFFICENT OIL LEVEL. When the wires touch you should definately feel a differance, well, that is if your vtec is working.

What causes VTEC to sputter?

Most common cause of that is not enough oil in the pan. It’s usually worse while turning as well (hard turns only of course as you’d have be on the gas hard in VTEC range). Check your oil level, top it up if necessary, go for a drive and report back.

Can you bypass a VTEC solenoid?

This can be easily bypassed with a simple wiring trick: On your engine harness, locate the VTEC oil pressure switch plug/wire (this wire comes from OBD1 ECU pin D6). Use a common T-tap or other method and simply tap this into the VTEC solenoid valve wire (the VTEC solenoid wire comes from OBD1 ECU pin A4).

How to tell if your VTEC is working?

1) Correct Oil pressure – if you don’t have enough oil, it won’t engage. If your VTEC isn’t working, the car will feel gutless at high RPM, it will feel like It stops pulling as hard after 5000 rpm. You won’t (or at least shouldn’t) feel it engage, but you should notice that the engine pulls hard all the way to redline, I know my b16 does.

Is the H22 engine the right engine for my car?

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Which is VTEC and which one goes in the car?

THAT THE OTHER ECU IS, WELL WHEN I PUT THE OTHER ECU IN THE CAR IS RUNS LIKE CRAP, SO WHICH ONE IS VTEC AND WHICH ONE GOES IN THE CAR ? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME, SO I CAN SELL THE OTHER ECU.. New topic, no caps, then help.

What’s the best way to do a H22 swap?

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