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blue92
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My buddy has a 97 auto prelude,stock, and claims his v-tech doesnt work any help?
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Post by Waffles »

Go buy an new phone.


Seriously its called vtec. Tell him to find a pinout and put a multimeter on the solenoid trigger then go for a drive.
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tell him to get rid of the automatic and buy a manual. Preludes have a bad rep for their auto trannies poopin out.

Does he have enough oil in there?
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blue92;119423 wrote:My buddy has a 97 auto prelude,stock, and claims his v-tech doesnt work any help?

Is he throwing a CEL? certain CEL's can cause the car to go into "limp mode" and disengage vtec
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Dose the speedo work, is there oil in the car, is it warmed up when he gets on it. Go from there.
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If the oil level is low, vtec doesn't engage. Check the vtec solenoid too.
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did you get this all figured out?
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