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Hi my names Kai from manchester im new to this forum stuff i bought a 2005 civic type r ep3 in june this year. Since owning the car i have realised shes got a few issues.
Ive managed to solve some but some majors (sounds like major issues but im no mechanic) are still there.
Mods
Standard apart from a decat and gruppe m induction kit.
I bought the car off a close friend who owned it for a year before me. He had gotten ripped off or stung shall i say when he bought the car. The guy who owned it before him had removed the eml light bulb so tge light does not come up and he had a good mess around with the obd port wiring. Which i have managed to sort out in my ownership.
Since my ownership i have given the car a full service (fresh quality oil cant remeber name of brand, air filter, pollen filter, oil filter, and spark plugs.
The minor issues are droplinks or bushes/shocks
On to the majors, for starters it seems like its trying to cut out if you whent anywhere near the vtec around 4/5k rpm. Like i said earlier i managed to sort out the obd connection and had snap on diagnostic to read the ecu and the following problems were listed:
VTec system failure
Knock sensor no signal
O2 sensor front
O2 sensor rear
I Did some digging around and realised the knock sensor is broken. Couple of days later i had all 3 sensors fitted, plugged it back on to the snap on diagnostic and no error codes. Its made a massive difference but the same problem occurs when you get to 6/7k rpm and the occasional 8k rpm if it lets u get there.
It feels like a fuelling issue to me. At the time of me servicing the car i bought a bosh fuel filter and only to be told by the mechanic that its a honda only part and it doesnt require changing often as normal filters located in the engine bay.
Is this true?
Has anybody else had this or a similar issue?
A few other issues she has:
1.Makes a grinding noise when starting the car sometimes. (CAN BE LOUD)
2.Struggles to start once shes been warmed up properly if she does Starts she will cut off imediately and occasionally sounds like starting a dead engine thats just about to turn over but does eventually start.
Surprisingly cold Starts have been good except for the grinding noise which goes away a second or two.
Thank you if youve had similar issues let me know.
Thanks
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Ive managed to solve some but some majors (sounds like major issues but im no mechanic) are still there.
Mods
Standard apart from a decat and gruppe m induction kit.
I bought the car off a close friend who owned it for a year before me. He had gotten ripped off or stung shall i say when he bought the car. The guy who owned it before him had removed the eml light bulb so tge light does not come up and he had a good mess around with the obd port wiring. Which i have managed to sort out in my ownership.
Since my ownership i have given the car a full service (fresh quality oil cant remeber name of brand, air filter, pollen filter, oil filter, and spark plugs.
The minor issues are droplinks or bushes/shocks
On to the majors, for starters it seems like its trying to cut out if you whent anywhere near the vtec around 4/5k rpm. Like i said earlier i managed to sort out the obd connection and had snap on diagnostic to read the ecu and the following problems were listed:
VTec system failure
Knock sensor no signal
O2 sensor front
O2 sensor rear
I Did some digging around and realised the knock sensor is broken. Couple of days later i had all 3 sensors fitted, plugged it back on to the snap on diagnostic and no error codes. Its made a massive difference but the same problem occurs when you get to 6/7k rpm and the occasional 8k rpm if it lets u get there.
It feels like a fuelling issue to me. At the time of me servicing the car i bought a bosh fuel filter and only to be told by the mechanic that its a honda only part and it doesnt require changing often as normal filters located in the engine bay.
Is this true?
Has anybody else had this or a similar issue?
A few other issues she has:
1.Makes a grinding noise when starting the car sometimes. (CAN BE LOUD)
2.Struggles to start once shes been warmed up properly if she does Starts she will cut off imediately and occasionally sounds like starting a dead engine thats just about to turn over but does eventually start.
Surprisingly cold Starts have been good except for the grinding noise which goes away a second or two.
Thank you if youve had similar issues let me know.
Thanks
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