there is no check engine light, i do have enough oil i have adjusted my valves twice since i put the cams in. and yes my coolant temp is workin. i guess the only thing i can do is check out the vtec soloniod. and evil don waste my post

 

to check vtec solenoid. connect a piece of wire to pos. terminal on battery then touch it on the single green wire (Vtec solenoid not the oil pressure sensor.) if it clicks the sol. should be good.

also even though your temp gauge works the ECT plug could be broken or corroded which plugs into your thermostat housing.

 

Read the post before questioning something 703

 

Okay

VTEC relies on 3-4 primary things in the computer:

First check, is a temperature check. So if it's not warmed up, and this has not been disabled, it won't cut on.

Secondly, it looks at oil pressure. If the oil pressure is not high enough, it will not engage. (Now, many Honda motors are older, never re-built, and converted to LS/VTEC for instance. Or, swapped into a non-VTEC car. No history on the motor is given, and the motor can have an excess of wear. This requires a new oil pump, or slightly thicker viscosity oil to get it to kick in because of the pressure. Or, possibly, the oil pressure sending unit has failed, but that should cut the light on.)

Third, it looks at speed. If you don't have enough RPM it won't kick on. (I'm sure that's been tested in this case!)

Some of them can look at the solenoid itself, and determine whether it should be running VTEC. Self-testing on late model vehicles FTW!

After all of that, assuming everything is right, the solenoid is probably bad...But.... anyways.

 

I LOLd

 

Check the pressure switch close to the VTEC solenoid. It's just a go/no-go switch that tells the ECU if there is sufficient oil pressure to engage VTEC. Grab a factory service manual and start going through the troubleshooting steps for the VTEC system.

 

oh fuck

 

if all fails try to jump blue wire And green wire together. this will bypass oil pressure .this is what you do for jdm solends.

 

You are a stupid fucker, why even bother posting...when you obvioulsy don't know a damn thing.

Another smart one.

I am leaning towards this as well. Its usually oil related. (Unless you unhooked some wires doing the cam swap)


This wouldn't matter too much, but did you re-set your valves after installing the cams.


Did it work at all after swapping cams? I have seen people swap out ITR cams that were damaged, after runnning for a bit, metal shavings blocked the screen going into the solenoid. No more VTEC.

 

DragVa.net is still available, perhaps they'll understand your ignorance there.