VTEC doesnt function!!!! - HondaClub.com

tosty · 03-25-2008, 06:10 PM

Hi everybody, I need a little help!!!
I have a Acura Integra 91, i buy this car like 1 moth ago, this car have a swap or here in Costa Rica we tell a FRANKIE MOTOR, this is a 1.8 litter with a 1.6 vtec......

My question is? Some times in the 1st and 2nd gear the Vtec doesnt function my friends tell me when i do like a sprint when the VTEC opens my car start throwing like smoke!!!!!!

What may be the problem!!!!! Thanks for you help

Sorry for my english im from Costa Rica and I doesnt speak so much!!! jajaj

**8695Beaters** · 03-25-2008, 07:13 PM

You have an oil leak. Probably bad piston rings. VTEC needs oil pressure to work, so if the engine is blowing oil through the pistons, then VTEC won't engage and the engine will smoke.

tosty · 03-25-2008, 07:17 PM

thank you man!!!!
One more thing:

This is like a big work, or is simple to fix ?????

And How much $$$$$ do you think????

**8695Beaters** · 03-25-2008, 07:26 PM

That's expensive. You may just need rings, you may need an overbore and new pistons. Either way you will have to tear down the engine and rebuild it. That is not cheap. $1000 (american) or more. So you can either buy a new motor or repair this one. I would rebuild this motor, since you will end up with something brand new as opposed to gambling with something from a junkyard or imported.

tosty · 03-25-2008, 07:30 PM

ok thank you!!!!

I will go to my mechanic for seeing if I can repair it!!!!

thanks for the info!

**8695Beaters** · 03-25-2008, 07:32 PM

No problem. glad to help.

03-25-2008, 06:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
tosty Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	VTEC doesnt function!!!! Hi everybody, I need a little help!!! I have a Acura Integra 91, i buy this car like 1 moth ago, this car have a swap or here in Costa Rica we tell a FRANKIE MOTOR, this is a 1.8 litter with a 1.6 vtec...... My question is? Some times in the 1st and 2nd gear the Vtec doesnt function my friends tell me when i do like a sprint when the VTEC opens my car start throwing like smoke!!!!!! What may be the problem!!!!! Thanks for you help Sorry for my english im from Costa Rica and I doesnt speak so much!!! jajaj

03-25-2008, 07:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
8695Beaters Geek In Training Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 831	You have an oil leak. Probably bad piston rings. VTEC needs oil pressure to work, so if the engine is blowing oil through the pistons, then VTEC won't engage and the engine will smoke. __________________ When life gives you lemons...you go racing!!! There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness. NASCAR fans are proof of this. So are competitiors in the 24 Hours Of Lemons.

03-25-2008, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
8695Beaters Geek In Training Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 831	That's expensive. You may just need rings, you may need an overbore and new pistons. Either way you will have to tear down the engine and rebuild it. That is not cheap. $1000 (american) or more. So you can either buy a new motor or repair this one. I would rebuild this motor, since you will end up with something brand new as opposed to gambling with something from a junkyard or imported. __________________ When life gives you lemons...you go racing!!! There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness. NASCAR fans are proof of this. So are competitiors in the 24 Hours Of Lemons.

03-25-2008, 07:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
8695Beaters Geek In Training Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 831	No problem. glad to help. __________________ When life gives you lemons...you go racing!!! There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness. NASCAR fans are proof of this. So are competitiors in the 24 Hours Of Lemons.

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03-25-2008, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
tosty Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	thank you man!!!! One more thing: This is like a big work, or is simple to fix ????? And How much $$$$$ do you think????

03-25-2008, 07:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
tosty Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	ok thank you!!!! I will go to my mechanic for seeing if I can repair it!!!! thanks for the info!