My brother broke the VTEC on his Accord today.

[nitrox28]

Yep. He said he was driving down the road when all of a sudden his car bgan to run like shit. He pulled into an Auto Zone and they hooked up a code scanner. The guy said "your VTEC is broken." He called a dealer in town and they quoted him a price of $1000 to fix it. He called me tonight and asked if I knew where the VTEC was located on his motor because he couldn't find it! I'm not sure what is actually wrong with his car, but I thought that was a funny story.

[67CamaroRSSS]

So, if I read this correctly, the solenoid that re-routes the oil pressure to the cam lobes (at 3500rpm) to reposition them for longer duration and greater lift is not functioning?

[kev70ss]

That doesnt make sense why his car would be running like shit. I thought vtec only turned on at higher rpms. From my understanding vtec is in the cams, but there is a solenoid that controls when it goes on, maybe that broke

[MagicMan]

he sounds like a winner

[andrew rs]

umm, tell him to buy a solinoid and fix it himself, me and my friend put a vtec head on a car that didnt have vtec before. If a couple of teenagers can figure that out then he should be able to switch out the solinoid. and if its not the solinoid, then he has worse problems to worry about.(your going to need a new head pretty much).

[Zapper2003]

Tell him to buy an AMERICAN car!

[86 IROC-Z]

vtak just kicked in yo!

[fccs]

Vtakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[JwMonE99]

Tell him to buy an AMERICAN car!

Yea but then he might go get a geo metro

[JwMonE99]

Tell him to buy an AMERICAN car!

Yea but then he might go get a geo metro.
He already messed up on getting a honda.

[Bobby97SS]

How much can a new sticker cost?

[totalkos]

How much can a new sticker cost?

haha! just upgrade to type-r , it worth the extra 99cents. If your lucky they might throw in a NOS sticker.

[Bigrus]

Should have done the fast and furious line.

"Now, me and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block... and replace the piston rings you fried. "

[Zapper2003]

The one thing I learned from the Fast and the Furious though, is that if you scream NAWWWWWWWSSSSS! loud enough, it will blow up.

[310stanger]

Your brother needs to have someone that knows about honda's vtec system diagnose his car, ie either a honda dealer, honda service tech, honda enthusiast etc. Vatozone will have him replacing expensive crap he might not even need.

[fccs]

Just throw some icecream in the engine and itll sing jiggly puff music to you when he revs and VTAKKK kicks in

[whoa guy]

Tell him to buy an AMERICAN car!

such as a Canadian built 4th gen!

[nitrox28]

Update....he takes his car to the dealer. He signs off on the work order to repair his car. The estimate is a little north of $1100 after tax. He picks up his car 2 hours later and the total bill is $95. He said they took "something" apart and cleaned it and everything is fine now. Wow.....and honest car dealer!!

[86 IROC-Z]

such as a Canadian built 4th gen!

Update....he takes his car to the dealer. He signs off on the work order to repair his car. The estimate is a little north of $1100 after tax. He picks up his car 2 hours later and the total bill is $95. He said they took "something" apart and cleaned it and everything is fine now. Wow.....and honest car dealer!!

That's pretty amazing... surprised they didn't charge him the estimate.

[twozs]

such as a Canadian built 4th gen!

no a UAW built 4th gen