my vtec isnt kicking on

[95 lsvetec]

hey guys im new to this site was looking for some help i have a 95 hatch with a lsvtec swap after the swap now my vtec wont kick on any suggestions?

 

[darkdanny2009]

check oil....maybe?

 

[95 lsvetec]

from what i heard my oil pressure should be right around 15 to 20 psi at idle

 

[German to Japan]

You need oil pressure, vehicle speed, and I believe one more input to the ecu but I don't quite remember in order to get vtec to crack.

 

[95 lsvetec]

i did a full rebuild and after i did that it wont kick on HELP!!!!!!!!

 

[somejaykid]

this may sound dumb but did you wait till your temp. gauge goes to normal? your motor won't engage vtec if it's cold

 

[95 lsvetec]

yeah the car was at a good temp.

 

[Puma]

add oil. i know i'm low when it doesn't engage.

 

[95 lsvetec]

the oils nice and full

 

[XpL0d3r]

wired up correctly?

 

[95 lsvetec]

as far as i know

 

[civicmand16y7]

could he have a burnt/bad vtec solenoid

 

[J_Uhrig87]

I would change the selonoid, and if it still doesn't work................ I got nothing. seems like everything else is a no, so it must be the solenoid

 

[1993hatch]

My friend took the vtec solenoid out of a GSR cause it wasn't cracking and used carb cleaner on it and slapped that b***h back in there and low and behold he had VTEC, i tried the same thing on my friends celica GT-S and hot damn VTEC hit good and hard! that could be the prob, however, sounds like it needs to be replaced

 

[Naught260]

i tried the same thing on my friends celica GT-S and hot damn VTEC hit good and hard!

This penomenon is known as "Magicalvtaks" when VTEC appears on cars that never came with it.

 

[95 lsvetec]

i replaced the solenold as well i thought that was the problem to

 

[93Civicspeed]

This penomenon is known as "Magicalvtaks" when VTEC appears on cars that never came with it.

Right lol I thought it was funny when I saw that Im like Toyota didnt ever have a Vtec system lol

 

[civicmand16y7]

what kind of ecu do you have?????

 

[00CivicSiblue]

Is the check engine light coming on? My vtec wasnt hitting the other day just changed my oil two weeks ago i thought to myself wtfcould it not be it ended up being that the oil was very low when the day before it read full check it when its cold the at a good temp, youll get two different readings, maybe your ecu isnt wiredright or set right. If none of those work id say take to go have it looked at, is thevtech screen clogged???

 

[cksnah252]

check out the ecu...