no vtak

91b16Adx · Post by **91b16Adx** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:16 pm

so my car wont engage vtec anymore after i swapped the headgasket and i dunno why. it has normal oil level. what are some other things that might cause this?where is the vtec solenoid?

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:21 pm

right behind the distributor, connected to the head. it has a little top hat that sticks up and a few plugs coming off of it.

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:35 pm

Ha ha.... What head gasket did you get? P30 or PR4? Don't know why they would have given you the wrong one but if you got a non VTEC gasket, there is NO HOLE for the VTEC feed.

EDIT: This is a B16, right? IF so, VTEC solenoid and pressure switch are located right in front of the dizzy. Passenger side right at the end of the exhaust cam you'll see them.

Ryan

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:54 pm

RyanA;61894 wrote: EDIT: This is a B16, right? IF so, VTEC solenoid and pressure switch are located right in front of the dizzy. Passenger side right at the end of the exhaust cam you'll see them.

troof, my bad... it's been a long week (scary that its only tuesday)

91b16Adx · Post by **91b16Adx** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:29 pm

damn i got one from oreillys so im sure its the wrong one. damn..

90CivicEx · Post by **90CivicEx** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:31 pm

91b16Adx;63054 wrote:damn i got one from oreillys so im sure its the wrong one. damn..

That sucks cause now ya gotta pull it back off and buy a new headgasket. Buy one for a B16a1 ir something like a delsol headgasket, or just go online and search and get a upgraded one and call it good.

91b16Adx · Post by **91b16Adx** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:07 pm

the one i got is from a b16a2(late model del sol/civic si). is there a place where i can see which headgaskets would match a jdm b16a(sir-ii)??

HardCore97 · Post by **HardCore97** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:14 pm

i would think it should match since they are both b16s have you ever pulled the solenoid and cleaned the screen thats in it? mine stopped working one day and when i pulled the thing off it was really dirty.

91b16Adx · Post by **91b16Adx** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:33 pm

does the top just pull of or do i have to unbolt the whole thing??

HardCore97 · Post by **HardCore97** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:37 pm

i had to pull the whole thing off. its easy to do