Thanks to my 2010 Element I become a car 🚗 mechanic : Check Engine : 1-Oxygen sensor bank 1 2- Oxygen sensor 2 3- Gas cap . 4- Gas cat assembly 5- TPMS 6- and now V-etc
Thank you for this. My Element went from Stall at every stop and power loss above 3K RPM to running again. Pulled solenoid, cleaned screen and part with carb cleaner. Moved solenoid as shown to ensure not jammed, then reassembled and all good. Ordering the BG detergent from Amazon now as extra preventive and will run it just before oil change. Thought my car was done, much appreciated!
My son's 05 element had the same problem. I removed that solenoid assembly like you did, the screen was clean so I figured the pressure switch within that assembly was bad. I replace the whole assembly with a Honda part, cleared the codes and took it for a test drive and it worked fine. My son drove the car around town here for about a week and then on his way back to school he got about an hour and a half away and it threw that code again and went into limp mode. He limped it home yesterday and I'm about to change the oil pressure sensor under that assembly to see if that fixes it. Not sure what else to do other than change that VVT oil control valve on the side of the motor mount. I may just change that anyway before I let him drive 2 hours back to school. it's at 166k miles and it has always had timely oil changes. I appreciate your video. If you have any other tips I'd sure appreciate them too. Thanks
Sorry for the delay but you may have sludge in the motor too. It took about 2 months and 5-6 oil changes to flush all the sluge out of this car after doing a BG treatment. It kept clogging the filter. A clogged filter will do that too.
You have great customers! Mine won’t theirs back the Same day !🤦🏽♂️ I keep one extra oem part on hand for these! $148 from Honda.. slap it on and order another one for the next time! Good diag bro!
Robert Dotterer, the VTEC screen will get clogged again & shows P2646 within a year. Had to remove Valve Cover & Oil Pan to clean all parts manually. Hand cranked & cleaned & lubed manually. Then replaced the following: Valve Cover gasket replaced Spark Plug Inlets Tubing replaced Oil Pump O-ring replaced Oil Pan Gasket replaced Crankshaft Seal replaced Four Tires replaced Brake Pads replaced Brake Rotors replaced Automatic Transmission Fluid flushed Power Steering Flushed Brake Fluid Flushed Spark Plugs replaced Ignition Coils replaced A/C checked & charged Performed on 2005 CRV with 391K Very few owners would want to pay for the above services due to the age of the car/suv/van.
I'm running BG cleaner in it to hopefully slowly breakdown the sludge with a shortened oil change interval and a larger filter. I told them we may need to get more aggressive with the cleaning.
@@RobertDotterer BG 44K, BKMOA & all other are just temp band-aids. I'd to removed the engine down to oil pan, cleaned many parts, gaskets, seals and o-ring were replaced. Customer wants to do the repair because it was once her son's. The son serviced & lost his life in action under my uncle's commands. They were both SAS. My uncle donated his time with me and my daughter & gave the mother half (customer/friend).
@@RobertDotterer :more aggressive with the cleaning" should be the engine needs a complete overhaul. Many vehicles after 9 years are not worth much but the cost of repairs are high. That is why Carmax and many dishonest shops will not buy vehicles beyond 6 years.
@angelisone, Thank you for the detailed list of things that you did to overhaul this case series engine. If you had to narrow down which of these items had a direct effect on the p2646 which ones would you say were most critical? I've done a good amount of these steps already, I'm just trying to figure out the most cost effective way to solve this problem.
@@davidtheinspector If it has more than 270,000km or 9 yrs+, you are the original owner, wants to keep it: 1. Valve Cover & all valves/parts must be cleaned & lubed. Valve Cover Kit installed 2. VTEC Solenoid replaced 3. VTC Strainer Filter Getting to VTC Strainer is no fun.
My 2003 Element, 145k, purchased 5 months ago Fresh Synthetic oil 5w20 Clean engine, new filters (old ones were clean) Whole vtec unit changed several times Connector changed three times Continuity checked on the ground cable(brn/yel),continuity checked on the cable going to the computer(blu/blk ) Oil pressure switch itself changed several times Do I missing something to finally get fixed my “toaster” ? ☹️🤔
Were the parts from the dealer? Also you have to load check / test circuits. Continuity checks are not a good way to check circuits ans they are unloaded when doing the test.
@@RobertDotterer parts from different sources , including Honda dealer, what kind of test do I missing ? I opened the oil pressure switch, just two contact inside getting separate by oil pressure, no rocket science, if they don’t get separate by oil pressure at 2500 rpm computer display a code , such switch the only function is to “cut” that ground signal to the computer , the computer “understand” this as the rpm at 2500 to engages the VTEC mechanism…
Iv replaced the valve twice and done two oil changes in 100 miles and after the motor warms up it still goes into limp mode with this code. Any ideas? Mines a 2005 with 213K miles. Just bought it and drove it a few hundred miles before the issue surfaced.
@@RobertDotterer code keeps coming back and limp mode. After the first one it went down the road about 15 miles second one and second oil change it made it about the same before coming back. Once I start the vehicle and it warms up it seems to come on then.
First thing I would do is go for a test drive and see what scan data shows the vtec is doing. After that if I didn't have a labscope I would put a test light in parallel with the the solenoid and then the oil pressure switch and see if they are changing like they are supposed to. If that is fine then I would check oil pressure to make sure it is good at idle and in vtec. Also make sure you are using Honda parts.
Mine is doing the same thing but my codes aren’t reading per my mechanic. I was thinking of replacing the solenoid myself but I’m scared it’s more than that. Any help appreciated.
He probably was guessing something like Throttle Position Sensor. Tow truck guys will usually give you a guess as to what's wrong, but honestly their job is to move your car from where it's at to some other place... not fix your car. When you pass some random tow driver's "Maybe it's the TPS!" guess through a second party, to some other third party... you get stuff that makes no sense, like 'TPMS'. It's like the kid's game 'telephone'. Obviously the tires have nothing to do with it, and obviously the tow driver didn't think it was the tires.
Thanks to my 2010 Element I become a car 🚗 mechanic :
Check Engine :
1-Oxygen sensor bank 1
2- Oxygen sensor 2
3- Gas cap .
4- Gas cat assembly
5- TPMS
6- and now V-etc
That's good to hear
Thank you for this. My Element went from Stall at every stop and power loss above 3K RPM to running again.
Pulled solenoid, cleaned screen and part with carb cleaner. Moved solenoid as shown to ensure not jammed, then reassembled and all good. Ordering the BG detergent from Amazon now as extra preventive and will run it just before oil change.
Thought my car was done, much appreciated!
Awesome. Thst is good to hear.
May I ask how difficult it was to pull the solenoid?
The 3k rpm is failsafe to keep motor from going bye bye
Clean Vtec module clean solenoid on right side of motor clean screen on front of motor behind power steering pump. Change oil and filter. All set.
My son's 05 element had the same problem. I removed that solenoid assembly like you did, the screen was clean so I figured the pressure switch within that assembly was bad. I replace the whole assembly with a Honda part, cleared the codes and took it for a test drive and it worked fine. My son drove the car around town here for about a week and then on his way back to school he got about an hour and a half away and it threw that code again and went into limp mode. He limped it home yesterday and I'm about to change the oil pressure sensor under that assembly to see if that fixes it. Not sure what else to do other than change that VVT oil control valve on the side of the motor mount. I may just change that anyway before I let him drive 2 hours back to school. it's at 166k miles and it has always had timely oil changes.
I appreciate your video. If you have any other tips I'd sure appreciate them too. Thanks
Sorry for the delay but you may have sludge in the motor too. It took about 2 months and 5-6 oil changes to flush all the sluge out of this car after doing a BG treatment. It kept clogging the filter. A clogged filter will do that too.
You have great customers! Mine won’t theirs back the Same day !🤦🏽♂️ I keep one extra oem part on hand for these! $148 from Honda.. slap it on and order another one for the next time! Good diag bro!
A lot of cars I have done the same day. The drop offs I usually make videos with.
Robert Dotterer, the VTEC screen will get clogged again & shows P2646 within a year.
Had to remove Valve Cover & Oil Pan to clean all parts manually. Hand cranked & cleaned & lubed manually.
Then replaced the following:
Valve Cover gasket replaced
Spark Plug Inlets Tubing replaced
Oil Pump O-ring replaced
Oil Pan Gasket replaced
Crankshaft Seal replaced
Four Tires replaced
Brake Pads replaced
Brake Rotors replaced
Automatic Transmission Fluid flushed
Power Steering Flushed
Brake Fluid Flushed
Spark Plugs replaced
Ignition Coils replaced
A/C checked & charged
Performed on 2005 CRV with 391K
Very few owners would want to pay for the above services due to the age of the car/suv/van.
I'm running BG cleaner in it to hopefully slowly breakdown the sludge with a shortened oil change interval and a larger filter. I told them we may need to get more aggressive with the cleaning.
@@RobertDotterer BG 44K, BKMOA & all other are just temp band-aids.
I'd to removed the engine down to oil pan, cleaned many parts, gaskets, seals and o-ring were replaced.
Customer wants to do the repair because it was once her son's.
The son serviced & lost his life in action under my uncle's commands.
They were both SAS.
My uncle donated his time with me and my daughter & gave the mother half (customer/friend).
@@RobertDotterer :more aggressive with the cleaning" should be the engine needs a complete overhaul.
Many vehicles after 9 years are not worth much but the cost of repairs are high.
That is why Carmax and many dishonest shops will not buy vehicles beyond 6 years.
@angelisone, Thank you for the detailed list of things that you did to overhaul this case series engine. If you had to narrow down which of these items had a direct effect on the p2646 which ones would you say were most critical? I've done a good amount of these steps already, I'm just trying to figure out the most cost effective way to solve this problem.
@@davidtheinspector If it has more than 270,000km or 9 yrs+, you are the original owner, wants to keep it:
1. Valve Cover & all valves/parts must be cleaned & lubed. Valve Cover Kit installed
2. VTEC Solenoid replaced
3. VTC Strainer Filter
Getting to VTC Strainer is no fun.
My 2003 Element, 145k, purchased 5 months ago
Fresh Synthetic oil 5w20
Clean engine, new filters (old ones were clean)
Whole vtec unit changed several times
Connector changed three times
Continuity checked on the ground cable(brn/yel),continuity checked on the cable going to the computer(blu/blk )
Oil pressure switch itself changed several times
Do I missing something to finally get fixed my “toaster” ? ☹️🤔
Were the parts from the dealer? Also you have to load check / test circuits. Continuity checks are not a good way to check circuits ans they are unloaded when doing the test.
@@RobertDotterer parts from different sources , including Honda dealer, what kind of test do I missing ? I opened the oil pressure switch, just two contact inside getting separate by oil pressure, no rocket science, if they don’t get separate by oil pressure at 2500 rpm computer display a code , such switch the only function is to “cut” that ground signal to the computer , the computer “understand” this as the rpm at 2500 to engages the VTEC mechanism…
yeap thats what mine does
Iv replaced the valve twice and done two oil changes in 100 miles and after the motor warms up it still goes into limp mode with this code. Any ideas? Mines a 2005 with 213K miles. Just bought it and drove it a few hundred miles before the issue surfaced.
Why did you change the valve twice?
@@RobertDotterer code keeps coming back and limp mode. After the first one it went down the road about 15 miles second one and second oil change it made it about the same before coming back. Once I start the vehicle and it warms up it seems to come on then.
Well you need to do some testing. Just because you have a code related to a part does not mean that part is bad.
@@RobertDotterer what testing would you recommend? Mine got about the same problem.
First thing I would do is go for a test drive and see what scan data shows the vtec is doing. After that if I didn't have a labscope I would put a test light in parallel with the the solenoid and then the oil pressure switch and see if they are changing like they are supposed to. If that is fine then I would check oil pressure to make sure it is good at idle and in vtec. Also make sure you are using Honda parts.
Mine is doing the same thing but my codes aren’t reading per my mechanic. I was thinking of replacing the solenoid myself but I’m scared it’s more than that. Any help appreciated.
Piece of cake to fix
Hello what is that spray that you use to clean it?
Brake clean.
@@RobertDotterer Ok thanks.
Yea its definitely the tire pressure sensor
He probably was guessing something like Throttle Position Sensor. Tow truck guys will usually give you a guess as to what's wrong, but honestly their job is to move your car from where it's at to some other place... not fix your car.
When you pass some random tow driver's "Maybe it's the TPS!" guess through a second party, to some other third party... you get stuff that makes no sense, like 'TPMS'. It's like the kid's game 'telephone'. Obviously the tires have nothing to do with it, and obviously the tow driver didn't think it was the tires.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 Wrong. It was the tire pressure sensor obviously
The tire pressure sensor can make vehicle jerk like it’s the transmission?
@@lisacrawford6948 Duh did you bot read my first two comments
Anyone in Michigan that can help?
...... It's Sludge .... Not Carbon
Thank you for the clarification, but sludge has carbon in it.