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Old Nov 11, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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ok guys, i had posted up my problem on how the car seems to bog or whatver but NOW its gone but the problem taht seems to have happened is that VTEC does not engage as strong anymore. when i woudl go full throttle the VTEC or yea i woudl say so about 6k's it would pull like a mo fo i mean you coudl feel the PULL liek a blessed honda motor runnin a high 13 possible you know but now it feels like a mid 14 sec. car cuz once i hit that point of 6/vtec engagement you BARELY feel the sudden pull as to before. i mean before vtec kicked and it would just pull you a bit into your seat you know but now barely to not even. my friend said it stills pulls hard but i just konw its not the same as before and how it was. could it be due to the clutch or maybe no oil/old oil in the car? btw, kinda stupid but i coudln't seem to find the damn oil checkin thing. but it was at night time in a parkin lot so i'll check agian tom. durin the day. anyways. wtf is happenin to my car! i dont want to lose any of hte power i had before!
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 04:32 PM
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dip stick is right on the valve cover. molded to the same shape too. I would say you are just getting used to it. I experienced the same feeling once. For a piece of mind , just change the oil. Make sure its a 10w-30 and maybe dont even drive it for a week. Then it will feel agressive again
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 04:36 PM
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no the thign is i haven't been drivin it much this past week, maybe 200 miles the MOST and i KNOW im not gettin used to it cuz it happened out of NO WHERE.
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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"i coudln't seem to find the damn oil checkin thing"

You have an '03 car. How many miles do you have on it now? And you say you can't find the dipstick. Does this mean that you have NEVER checked the oil since owning it? Did you get this car new? If not, then how do you know how much oil was in it when you bought it used? You may simply have insufficient oil to protect the engine let alone activate VTEC. You do know that his engine can consume oil at an alarming rate, right? Sometimes as much as a qt. in several hundred miles.
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 05:18 PM
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ouch.... not knowing where the dipstick is, is a big problem.
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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Hate to be a b****....

but this beats Berozmikal's stupidity post...
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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naw, i did check the oil and it was fine. more than enough. coudl this be a clutch slipping problem? i bought the car used with 5k's miles on it from a dealer. anyways, ppls attention is not being attended on teh problem on hand but rather other dumb things. can someone please help me out? i am tryin to find out if HONDA will do some sort of a diagnosis or somethin but not fix/change nething cuz they will charge an arm and a let. i DID think teh oil was my problem at first but i checked and it was fine but when i was gunning my car especially on teh freeway to see if this problem was occuring on other gears as well or just to see how it is performing through the gears and i came to a stop off the offramp and this burnin smell came and it seemed like it was the oil smell.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by B SweepeR B6,Nov 12 2004, 11:34 AM
i am tryin to find out if HONDA will do some sort of a diagnosis or somethin
Not too likely that they will do it for free. They will probably charge you for labor (which is only fair, really). Unless this is still under warranty, but if you bought it used maybe its not under warranty?

If they do charge you for labor, find out if it is a flat rate. Sometimes they charge you for an hour ($60-100) whether they look at it for 55 minutes or 5 minutes.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by B SweepeR B6,Nov 12 2004, 01:34 PM
anyways, ppls attention is not being attended on teh problem on hand but rather other dumb things. can someone please help me out?
You're kidding, right? Have you actually read your own posts? They lack details and sufficient information, PLUS, your sentence structure makes it nearly impossible to understand what you are trying to say. Your posts are a rambling mess of incomprehensible thoughts. If you want help, learn to write in a manner that can relay what you are trying to say.
"Other dumb things"? How do you know if they are "dumb" things? You didn't even know how to check your oil or "what's going on with your car". How can you assess if what has been covered in the responses here are "dumb things"?

For fear of saying more "dumb things", I'm bowing out of this one. You're on your own.
Old Nov 12, 2004 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by B SweepeR B6,Nov 12 2004, 02:34 PM
i DID think teh oil was my problem at first but i checked and it was fine but when i was gunning my car especially on teh freeway to see if this problem was occuring on other gears as well or just to see how it is performing through the gears and i came to a stop off the offramp and this burnin smell came and it seemed like it was the oil smell.




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