I keep getting a p1259 error code. I went through some deep water in my Honda. It wouldn't start. It got into the air filter and engine. I replaced the filter and plugs. It says that it is a VTEC system malfunction. It could be one of four things. 1-open or short circuit condition. 2-VTEC Solenoid valve fault. 3- VTEC pressure switch fault. 4- Blocked oil passage. The oil was low. I filled and reset the code. It came up again. Second I don't know how much damage the water could have done in the wiring and to the sensors. Plus now the oil pan gasket leaks. Help with all of the above?
If you ran water through the engine its mostly likely game over, cold water hitting your hot pistons and valves... your looking at fried rings, cracked valves possably a cracked block.... you may have gotten lucky but i have my doubts...
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The car had just been started from cold. It was driven 50 feet when we got the water in the air filter and things. It couldn't have cracked anything but rust or corrosion is my worry. I let it set overnight, (after we towed it to dry land). AND do the engines really have to be removed to replace the oil pan gasket? WTH"? Thanks!!!
still water in the cylinders... the block doesnt need to be hot to have damage occur. the extra mass in the cylinder during a compression stroke is enough to blow valve guides and compression rings, as well as the compression od the water along is enough energy to turn it to steam, which can score cylinder walls and cause irreversable damage to the hone. anyways ill try not to get you down about it.. no doubt you know what your doing. you dont have to remove the engine to remove the oil pan. you most likely however will need to knock the motor mounts loose and jack the engine up (lift it with a cherry picker if you can) to allow enough clearance to slide the pan out in between the front end and the block/crankcase. if this doesnt buy you enough room dropping the front end is alot less involved than pulling the motor.
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