2006 EP3 CIVIC TYPE R WITH NO V TECH CAN ANY1 HELP

[ging1986]

HI EVERY1 I RECENTLY PURCHASED A CIVIC TYPE R BUT JUST THE OTHER DAY THE V TECH STOPPED KICKING IN CAN ANY1 SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS FOR ME THE CAR IS 2006 AND JUST OUT OF WARRANTY, A FRIEND MENTIONED TO ME SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLENOID OF SOME SORT , BUT I JUST DONT KNOW WHERE TO START TO BE HONEST , ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

CHEERS GUYS

[Dave^]

Put some oil in it.... now!!!

[burty b]

Yep, oil would be my first point of call. When was it last changed / last serviced?

Make sure its fully warmed up, and then take it to Honda if its still not running properly. There are no engine management lights on i take it?

[vz-r_dave]

Oh and please get it right, V-TECH is a childrens toy.. its v-tec.

[300bhp/ton]

But I thought Honda had NEVER ever had a single v-tec issue.....

[Dave^]

300bhp/ton said:

But I thought Honda had NEVER ever had a single v-tec issue.....

haha!

it's more of a failsafe....

it works on oil pressure, not enough oil and it wont kick in, y0!

[Silent1]

300bhp/ton said:

But I thought Honda had NEVER ever had a single v-tec issue.....

Never had an engine failure due to V-tec.

[ging1986]

sorry for insulting the v tec with the wrong spelling ,the car has done 200miles from a service which was carried out with a main honda dealership

[ging1986]

the car has just had a serice carried out by main honda 200 miles ago, theres only 19k on the car

[Slinky]

ging1986 said:

the car has just had a serice carried out by main honda 200 miles ago, theres only 19k on the car

That means nothing.. have you checked the oil level?

[300bhp/ton]

Silent1 said:

300bhp/ton said:

But I thought Honda had NEVER ever had a single v-tec issue.....

Never had an engine failure due to V-tec.

lol, yeah I know, was just quoting JC and others....

Also pretty stupid claim as there isn't really anyway v-tec can cause an engine failure even if it wanted too.

Its a bit like saying no ones had an engine failure due to a flat battery.

[hondafanatic]

ging1986 said:

the car has just had a serice carried out by main honda 200 miles ago, theres only 19k on the car

As above, check your oil.

In addition, can we just check that you're not trying to get V-Tec to engage with a cold engine and/or rev'ing it while parked up.

It'll only rev upto 5500 approx at standstill (unless fettled with) and V-tec won't engage unless the engine is slightly warmed up (even then, give it a good while before tearing off into the sunset).

[Silent1]

300bhp/ton said:

Silent1 said:

300bhp/ton said:

But I thought Honda had NEVER ever had a single v-tec issue.....

Never had an engine failure due to V-tec.

lol, yeah I know, was just quoting JC and others....

Also pretty stupid claim as there isn't really anyway v-tec can cause an engine failure even if it wanted too.

Its a bit like saying no ones had an engine failure due to a flat battery.

Indeed, it is a clever bit of marketing