Da_iLLeZt_TL973

i got the car back tonight and the tranny is running fine....BUT....as always with my luck we have a whole new issue with the engine.....when i picked up the car the guy told me it was throwing a vtec solonoid error but he reset the check engine light so it might come on.

the check engine light flew on today after i pushed her pretty hard in second what seemed to be the rev limiter kicked in at around 4000 RPM's and boom the check engine light comes back on....so i turned around and took it back to the shop....the guy claims he took the car for a ride 45 minutes before i picked it up and he said he felt nothing wrong....so i took him for a test drive so he can see for himself what was going on....he immediatly said it was the engine and it was the vtec solonoid problem that the check engine light was throwing.....so we took it back to the shop and the tech guy who worked on the car told me that the rev limiter is kickin in sooner that it should which is obvious so he said i would have to take the car to acura themselves because he doesnt know to much about the problem...........so i have to take the car to my other mechanic to see if he can solve the problem and if not then i will take it to acura.



so for all the acura brains on the forum can you give me a little feedback or share some knowledge with me as far as whats the problem and the cost to fix it..

looks like my bad luck will never fade away

fsttyms1

Id bring it back and bitch if it didnt do it before you brought it in its not supposed to do it after you leave with it!

gcjin2007

o ya btw, i also had a 2nd tranny...60000 miles with a new motor mount. tranny runnin good, but how long does it need to break-in? and wat are te new "improvemnts" over the old tranny.

p.s. sry for hijackin the thread.

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

i took it back and bitched but they dont know shit about working with v-tec so apparently it was a bullshit shop from the start i mean they fixed the tranny problem but now its throwing this vtec code so im gonna take it to my personal mechanic and if he cant do nuttin ill just take it to acura.....im not gonna waste my time dealing with people who dont know much about vtec because chances are they will fukk it up all over again

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

do you think the solenoid needs to be replaced??.....i can hear the vtec kick in sometimes but other times the rev limiter gets me before i can hit vtec

fla-tls

Make sure the VTEC solenoid didn't get unplugged by accident. I don't know where it is, but the fact that it's throwing that code and the rev limiter appears to kick in early could be linked (VTEC on a TL is 3400 rpm?).

Perhaps someone knows more about that?

SiCrew

i think fla-tls might be right...i'm not totally sure about it myself though...hope it works out for u bro.

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

yea im gonna have my boy take a look at it friday to see if anything is unplugged hopefully its just that and nuttin major

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

fsttyms1 since you will be pullin your enine out can you take a picture of the vtec solenoids please because black acc took a pic of his but he has a 99 and i have a 00 like you and didnt see them on my car... or if anyone knows where it is please chime in

fsttyms1

I dont know where it is either. Ill have to look into it

PenancE

go to the dealer and get em to estimate the prob? force urself on the auto shop. they not supose to fix it if they dont know how to fix it.

be a bug about it to them.

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

yea i did bitch about it but they claim thats all engine they never messed with the engine they only worked on the tranny so i said fuck it ill look into it to see whats wrong and if its something major im definatly goin back to that shop and holding them at fault......as of now i dont want to go there because ill end up hurtin someone sorry if that sounds ignorant but after 2 weeks of bullshit and then this....i think alot of you would wanna hurt someone as well

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

ight thanks...i asked you because i figure since your pulling the engine out it would be easier for you to find but if you cant its no biggie

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Check your oil level.

Low oil = no VTEC for j00

Da_iLLeZt_TL973

yea thats funny cuz after i got an oil change the check engine light went off but then it ame back on so now its goin on and off each time i turn the car off and start it up again....does that also cause the rev limiter to kick in early???

CL Platano

Get the light fixed and sell that thing. Who knows what that guy did to your car.