d16z6 engine problem

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d16z6 engine problem

By nig90
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:58 pm #67408 the other night a friend and i hooked up vtec on my car (95 cx) and we wired up vtec to a p28. the car ran for about 30sec. and just died. now its not getting any spark. just wondering if anybody knows what it could be. i changed to plugs and still nothing.
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By Faded_Milano
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:36 am #67420 check your grounds

By nig90
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:51 am #67422
teal_dx wrote:so you had the d16z6 in your car before but just did not have the vtec hooked up? it ran fine before?

yeah ran just fine. hooked vtec up then nothin. not getting any spark at all. grounds are all hooked up

By nig90
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:41 am #67443 no smoke left the ecu. pretty sure it was wired up correct.
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By Benj
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:23 pm #67489 ok so i would check the wiring and then i would check the cap and coil make sure the the coil isnt screwed, cuz i came home one day after work and the next day i couldnt get to work cuz my coil was done
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By teal_dx
- Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:49 pm #67498 you should have ran 2 wires to the ecu and 1 ground. did you follow the same wiring as mentioned in the stickied mini-me thread? ecu is plugged in all the way?

By nig90
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:02 am #67516
teal_dx wrote:you should have ran 2 wires to the ecu and 1 ground. did you follow the same wiring as mentioned in the stickied mini-me thread? ecu is plugged in all the way?


yeah i did that. i grounded it some place by the fender. all grounds are connected. where exactly is the coil located. not familiar with that.
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By suspendedHatch
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:21 pm #67584 Can you go into detail about your wiring? What kind of wire you used, what kind of connectors, what you cut into, how you pinned it into the ECU, how you ran the wire through the firewall etc?

By nig90
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:21 pm #67599
suspendedHatch wrote:Can you go into detail about your wiring? What kind of wire you used, what kind of connectors, what you cut into, how you pinned it into the ECU, how you ran the wire through the firewall etc?

i think i used 14g wire. cut the wires on the vtec solenoid and the oil pressure. i pinned the wires to the ecu. a4 and d6 i think, i used a diagram. i ran the wires through a little hole that was blocked with a plastic piece, i just took that out and ran it through.

By nig90
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:28 am #67729
ilmcrx wrote:
nig90 wrote:i pinned the wires to the ecu. a4 and d6 i think, i used a diagram.

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