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i recall reading somewhere that an auto ecu will give you idle probs. although, it may be a vacuum leak or vacuum hoses conneced to the wrong places. I had a bad idle and the main problem was that i bypassed the EGR control selonoid valve and the EGR vacuum control valve.
you will notice that this comes with 3 hard vacuum lines and one hose connects to it on the passenger side of the inlet manifold and to the egr vacuum control valve and the other hose connects from the egr control selonoid valve to the vacuum pipe running along the top of the injector clip from the egr valve lift sensor.
look at the vacuum diagram previous page.
like i said , i had by passed this cos i hadnt connected any of the ECR wires to the ECU and instead ran the vacuum hose straight from the egr valve lift sensor into the inlet manifold. it gave be a bad idle and i thought it was the ELD-electrical load detector cos in my haynes manual, it said a disconnected ELD would give you a bad idle.
4000rpm for vtec sounds low. Mines at 5300rpm. could be the auto ecu doing that?
mines cuts out at 7800 but if you bounce it, the needle will bounce of 8000rpm.
have you jumped the ecu to get error codes yet?
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gday cam,
today, i was just mixing and matching plugs, and i relalised that i had mixed up 2 plugs, i dont even remember it was the knock sensor and another one..hey were swapped around..bad mistake on my part..but after switching them, the car is fine now the idle is pretty much perfect. although the engine light is still on...
how do i check for error codes?
i cant seem to find the LED...
car is pretty much 100%
and i got a CAI coming over on monday from japan...
although fustrating, in the end his has been pretty fun doing it urself...
thanks for the help..
regards
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have a look under the glove box, down in the foot well, on the side closest to the passenger door, there will be a bright blue plug looking thing , squeeze the clips holding it up there. Now, there is 2 plugs that clip into the the thing you just removed from under the dash. take out the smaller of the 2. the smaller on has 2 wires on it, or 2 plugs compared ot the onter one with 3.
now, get a paper clip, bend it into a tight 'U' shape and stick both ends into it.
this is called 'jumping' the ecu. now, turn on your ignition on and watch the light show.
for a better explanation with pictures go here. be sure to print off a copy of the error codes i posted previously in this thread.
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Gotta say this is very informative.......well done h22a accord!
If you want me to host these images more permanently on OH shoot me a PM and I'll do the rest (with your premission).
-WIn
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regarding my last post, i forgot to include a link from www.hondapitstop.com this link will get you sorted for the error codes
http://www.hondapitstop.com/accord/t...ror_codes.html
if anyone wants to check this out, its a link to my car page with a link to a diary with pics of my conversion.
courtesy of hondapitstop.com
http://www.hondapitstop.com/member_r...taila_cam.html
i wrote the notes on it whilst tired and sometimes drunk, even now, i read through them and there are a few inacuracies in the wiring notes lol. I just sent them to hondapitstop and they did the rest.
Have no fear, what i posted earlier in this thread is the real mc coy.
