Check engine light on!!

[ep3_si]

okay my engine light was on a few days ago...i had it checked out at autozone and popped out this code: P1259 VTEC System Malfunction...so i cant rev pass 4k..seems like a fuel cut off sort of thing...my oil aint low and just did a oil change a week ago (could it be the 5W20 oil that im using)...and after driving it for awhile the engine light turns off...then a few days later it pops up again...and sometime later turns off...what could be the problem here any ideas?? btw i have 107,500 miles on her

[dashehonda]

got this, shortly after my driver side plug and coil melted together, then quickly turned into a bad rod bearing, now $2200 later im on the road...........

but that code comes up for any little problem:noidea:

[SyckSiR]

could even be a loose sensor...

[dashehonda]

or just the car telling us that we got screwed with honda giving the ep an A3

[ep3_si]

or just the car telling us that we got screwed with honda giving the ep an A3

ahah..good one..i always wonder why the 02-05 si's got stuck with the base model rsx engine...

[Danman281]

ahah..good one..i always wonder why the 02-05 si's got stuck with the base model rsx engine...

because tradition says integras have to be better than civics

[Bificus]

Vtec sensot, screen to vtec sensor. Get a new one soon its not one of those wait errors it will toast your motor. Or you can just wait and then buy a better motor and be happier.

[Bificus]

Vtec sensor, screen to vtec sensor. Get a new one soon its not one of those wait errors it will actually toast your motor. Or you can just wait and then buy a better motor and be happier.

[ep3_si]

Vtec sensor, screen to vtec sensor. Get a new one soon its not one of those wait errors it will actually toast your motor. Or you can just wait and then buy a better motor and be happier.

how do i replace it and where is it located???

[Tnhatch03]

ahah..good one..i always wonder why the 02-05 si's got stuck with the base model rsx engine...

the 02-05 si's do not have the base rsx engine.

[teamOREO*JP]

how do i replace it and where is it located???

yea that! my CEL just came on right now, and im shitting bricks because i dont wana spend $7438738437287432 on a part, but I obviously will so my car wont die.

[ep3_si]

yea that! my CEL just came on right now, and im shitting bricks because i dont wana spend $7438738437287432 on a part, but I obviously will so my car wont die.

so...im guessing that ill have to take it to honda huh? even if my CEL is off at the moment..

[03Ep3617]

got this, shortly after my driver side plug and coil melted together, then quickly turned into a bad rod bearing, now $2200 later im on the road...........

but that code comes up for any little problem:noidea:

That was one of my thoughts on it The Coil plug or Spark Plug, but I would start with the IGN aspects first since its an off and on thing.

It could just be a faulty Spark Plug when was the last time you changed them.

[ep3_si]

That was one of my thoughts on it The Coil plug or Spark Plug, but I would start with the IGN aspects first since its an off and on thing.

It could just be a faulty Spark Plug when was the last time you changed them.

i just changed them about 5000 miles ago...btw they are NGK Idriums

[Mickey]

Thats the code I had when I blew my A3. I am actually using my A3 VTEC Solenoid from my blown A3 on my K20A swap. The mechanic from the shop who did my swap just cleaned it. There is like a screen thingy inside that you need to clean. Good Luck!