Car won't start and I hear my vtec solenoid clicking every seconds...click, click, click, click
I open the sparkplug and check if I have a spark, the sparkplug is firing while the vtec solenoid is clicking.
The engine is not even running and sparking while the solenoid keeps clicking.
I'm positive its the vtec solenoid - I can feel the clicking.
To stop the clicking, I have to turn the ignition off.

Never had this problem before, never touch anything.

Any idea?

 

are you positevely sure the VTEC solenoid is making the clicking noise and not a relay? just sounds like an odd problem

 

Thank you s2k --- is that a relay on the top or a solenoid cover? Inside there is clicking.
Is the solenoid bad - I can't start my car.

 

Is there electronics on that solenoid cover?
awhy is it clicking & clicking?
anyone?

 

If you have a dead battery you'll get a 'click click click' but the car wont start.

Vtec is controlled by oil pressure so I highly doubt the solenoid is opening and closely rapidly.

Source the no start problem first. That's really the issue.