Why does my Honda Element keep pulling the oil pan?
Wished the odyssey engine was in these instead in an AWD form. This vtec engine is turning me off of Honda, yet I keep it even after it’s next failure.. Reason for pulling the oil pan and cleaning the oil passages. The new oem vtec oil pressure switch filled up with oil.
Why does my engine go into limp mode?
The reason for this is that limp mode could be caused by a lot of different engine components in your engine bay. Therefore, the solution for this is to read the trouble code memory with an OBD2 scanner to find the problem before you are replacing any engine parts! Here is a list of different possible causes of limp-mode.
Why is the oil flush on my element not working?
They insist on following the troubleshooting flowchart and will end up replacing all the parts again and be out a lot of money and still not working. Some times it is the wire-harness that needs replaced and never never add any oil flush or additives to your Element! Also only use OEM parts. Did you use an OEM filter or aftermarket?
Where is the trouble code for limp mode?
Because of this, every time when the limp mode is active, there will be a stored trouble code in the trouble code memory. Therefore, the best solution to fix the limp mode without replacing the wrong parts is to find out which this trouble code is.
Wished the odyssey engine was in these instead in an AWD form. This vtec engine is turning me off of Honda, yet I keep it even after it’s next failure.. Reason for pulling the oil pan and cleaning the oil passages. The new oem vtec oil pressure switch filled up with oil.
They insist on following the troubleshooting flowchart and will end up replacing all the parts again and be out a lot of money and still not working. Some times it is the wire-harness that needs replaced and never never add any oil flush or additives to your Element! Also only use OEM parts. Did you use an OEM filter or aftermarket?
How to fix the VTEC on a Honda Element?
Either clean the wire filter in the vtec control module or change out the entire VTEC control on the back of the engine. Or. And here is my fix of choice. Change the oil and use 10w30. The additional pressure will help the vtec. I have run 10w30 since my first oil change and never an issue.
Why is my pressure switch not working on my Honda Element?
Had 2 choices, either assume the switch was defective as a brand new component, or too much pressure was building up from restricted oil return passages. Decided to clean the oil passages since this last would be the third pressure switch in the past year and a half of trying to find a solution.