My mechanic just called saying I hve the wrong motor. There is no sensor connection that helps start the car... or something like that?
I have a 97 2.2CL and i bought this eengine F22B SOHC VTEC Engine only Honda Accord 94-97


wrong one
?

 

he's saying there is nowhere to put the crank shaft sensor....
help please tell me he is wrong

 

sorry for posting 3 times but what he said is that everything is swapped good, some parts they had to use from my old engine. The only thing is that my car has a crankshaft sensor but the engine has nowhere to put one or connect it...

im kind of confused myself for i am almost positive this is the correct motor. please tell me something i can tell him so he knows how to install it.

I was supposed to take my girlfriend out tomorrow night for her birthday, dont wanna let her down and really want my car running.

 

the 94-97 accord ex motor (f22b1) is the same as your cl. Your mechanic is a noob!

 

word..im not sure i'd want that person working on my car

 

hmm didnt someone else here run into the same problem?

 

i was reading a little bit and saw that i might have an OBD1 when my computer is OBD2, not really sure if i can get past this... but i would love to be able to get my car out soon...

 

If you have an ODB1 and need and ODB2...

http://www.google.com/search?q=OBD1+...ient=firefox-a

Get a conversion harness.


+1 on not wanting that guy in my car.

 

See, the thing is i'm not sure whether my car 97 2.2 cl is obd1 or obd2 ?
I am also not sure whether the motor is obd1 or obd2

all i know is that on the motor there isnt a place for a crankshaft sensor like there is on my other motor... so there is nowhere to plug in the sensor therefore it wont stay running without it.

 

correct me if im wrong but 97 is obd2

 

ok, but how do i know if my engine is obd1?

would the sku tell me?

 

if anyone has any idea what i should tell him dont hesitate to post...
should i just tell him to order a wire harness obd1 - obd2 or the other way around....

 

Stop. So you know 96+ run a OBD2 then OBD3 and on. You shouldn't have so much problem with the motor, I read up on it and all I could find was that the f22b has a less flowing head. The f22a has a better flowing intake manifold along with better flowing head valve angle etc. As far as your missing sensor goes you need to find out if the year accord carries it. If it does not then you might consider going OBD1 to accommodate the sensors of the engine. OBD tells the age of the system therefore recognizing the sensor types. As time has gone the ecus have gotten more complex and the obd is a way of telling how old or new the system is. You can see it that way. If you convert to OBD1 you won't be able to inspect your car so that's a headache in its own.

 

well, i just got back the mechanic showed where the sensor was on my old motor and where it wasnt on the new one. i told him i was going to get a wiring harness and he said ok should work. and said its good because he had to take the old one out...? is that correct

 

You remind me of my H22 swap back in the day. I jumped in head first into something I had no idea on. I learned the hard way as they say. First you need to find out what year accord the motor came out of.