Engine light :(

[BadBadtz]

Hi guys,

Last night my engine management light came on and I think I lost vtec at some points

I'm planning on taking it to Honda tomorrow and they want £45 just to tell me the code :?

I've checked the oil and its full

Any advice is appreciated

 

[mikegsi]

would an ol surge have done this?
how were you driving it at the time, can you describe what happened?

cant really try to diagnose it with the limited info supplied

 

[BadBadtz]

Sorry let me give a little more detail....

Xmas eve I had a little spirited drive to the airport and when I got there I stopped for some fuel. Immediately when I started the car the light came on. The next day after I was driving it went out so I ignored it.

Yesterday I went for a drive but nothing too hard and the light came on vtec seemed to be working and I gave it a good hard drive but as I got near home I think I lost vtec :?

What causes an oil surge? Tom @ TGM advised reseting the ECU

 

[mikegsi]

try resteeing it them mate, just need to pull a fuse out from under the engine bay, fuse number 6 if i remember correctly.

wont (shouldnt!!) hurt to give it a go

 

[BadBadtz]

I'll try it tonight

 

[Chuck Rusty]

I had my engine light come on, then it reser itself, I've had a few electrical problems wth my car that I have put down to a Gremlin.

Anyways, you can check out the code yourself:

http://www.k-series.com/tech_detail.php?Tech_ID=CEL


Once you know which cel was thrown then you can go about fixing it.

 

[neolee40]

one of your senors would may have gone on the throttle body . Thast what happened to mine and I got it replaced with a Spoon TB

 

[BadBadtz]

I had my engine light come on, then it reser itself, I've had a few electrical problems wth my car that I have put down to a Gremlin.

Anyways, you can check out the code yourself:

http://www.k-series.com/tech_detail.php?Tech_ID=CEL


Once you know which cel was thrown then you can go about fixing it.

Superb!! I'll give that short method a try tonight

We should make that sticky :!:

Thanks mate

 

[BadBadtz]

one of your senors would may have gone on the throttle body . Thast what happened to mine and I got it replaced with a Spoon TB

I read that about yours...I'm hoping mine is just a cheap fix

 

[BadBadtz]

OK I just followed the guide and got error code 56

56 - P0010 - Variable Valve Timing Control (VTC) Oil Control Solenoid Valve Malfunction

56 - P0011 - Variable Valve Timing Control (VTC) System Malfunction

Doesnt sound good Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[dan the man]

summat with the vtec with looks... which does run off oil pressure?

make sure defo oil is ok then just kick the bloody engine and pray :lol:

 

[Chuck Rusty]

I had that one, disappeared and the code reset itself and cleared itself from the memory- dont worry about it!! - Glitch!! I couldnt or a pro couldnt find anything wrong!!

 

[Chuck Rusty]

Sorry was a 57,
Link

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