All This Reference Material, And No Cel Code Chart

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Slo86GT

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Seriously, where in the reference is the CEL code chart with a good detailed explanation on how to check CEL codes on the popular honda's?

This seems like it owuld be a given to have on here. Hell, I didn't beleive my friend when he told me that he couldn't find it when he was checking his CEL's the other day.

I am tooooooo lazy to mess with it, sorry. I'll just play informant. :p

EDIT I was helping check codes on a Skunk2 Chipped P30 in a b16a swapped Del Sol S that looks just like B's car, only faster.
 
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0 Faulty ECU (no signal)

1 Oxygen sensor or circuit.

2 Faulty ECU

3 & 5 Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor or circuit.

4 Crank angle sensor or circuit

6 Coolant temperature sensor or circuit

7 Throttle angle sensor or circuit.

8 TDC position/crank angle sensor or circuit.

9 Crank angle sensor or circuit

10 Intake air temperature sensor or circuit.

11 No particular symptom shown or system does not operate - faulty ECU

12 Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) failure

13 Atmospheric pressure sensor circuit.

14 Electronic air control valve (EACV)

15 No ignition output signal - possible faulty igniter.

16 Fuel injector circuit.

17 Vehicle speed sensor or circuit (VSS)

19 Lock-up control solenoid valve (automatic transmission)

20 Electronic load detector - possible open or grounded circuit in ECU wiring.

21 VTEC spool solenoid valve circuit (Civic & Del-Sol)

22 VTEC oil pressure switch circuit (Civic & Del-Sol)

23 Knock sensor (Prelude)

30 A/T control unit ECM fuel injection signal "A" (Accord & Prelude)

31 A/T control unit ECM fuel injection signal "B" (Accord & Prelude)

41 Heated oxygen sensor - heater circuit.

43 Fuel supply system circuit (except D15Z1 engine)

45 Fuel system out of range - rich or lean

48 Heated oxygen sensor circuit (D15Z1 engine)

50 Mass airflow sensor.

61 Front oxygen sensor response slow.

63 Rear oxygen sensor circuit voltage out of range.

65 Rear oxygen sensor circuit malfunction.

67 Catalyic converter efficency low.

70 Automatic Transaxle problem.

71 through 76 Cylinder misfires

80 Insufficient EGR flow

86 Engine coolant temperature sensor circuit.

92 Evaporative emission purge valve problem



*Please only use this as a guide* As some are different. This should only be used as a starting point.
 
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Here's a handy chart for pulling your ECU codes. Pulling the code is a fairly easy process.
For 92+ Honda's and 94+ Acura's:

Before you can start reading the CEL (check engine light) in your dash, you need to 'jump' your ecu. Here's how.
Located the factory two-pin connector of brown and black wires near the ECU on Civics del Sols and Integra's, or behind the center console for Preludes and Accords. Pull that 2-pin out of the main harness. Using a wire or paper clip as a jumper, connect the outputs of the harness together, so that the black wire and the brown wire make a circuit. Once this is jumped together, the dash will start the light show, so its a good idea to jump first, then turn to on.

For 88-91 Honda's and 86-93 Acura's:

The ECU's on these cars actually have a neat little window right on the computer case. No need to jump here- just turn it to on, and watch it right there through that window.

For both steps above, the output will be in a Morse code style of long and short lights. For example, 2 long, pause, 3 short is 23.

1- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
Oxygen Sensor "A" (Primary)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


2- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-89 86-87 n/a 85-87 85-91 n/a n/a
Oxygen Sensor "B"
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


3- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
MAP Sensor (Manifold Absolute Pressure)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


4- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-98 88-98 97-98 88-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
CKP Sensor (Crankshaft Position Sensor)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


5- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 * 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 96-98 85-98
MAP Sensor (Manifold Absolute Pressure)
mechanical problem / disconnected piping
* exc 94-95


6- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
ECT Sensor (Engine Coolant Temperature)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


7- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
TP Sensor (Throttle Position)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


8- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
TDC Sensor (Top Dead Center)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


9*- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98** 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
CYP Sensor (Cylinder)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor
* not a valid code for any throttle body injection Hondas
** not a valid code for V-6 engines


10- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
IAT Sensor (Intake Air Temperature)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


12- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 * n/a 85-91 * n/a 95-98 85-98
EGR Lift Sensor (Exhaust Gas Recirculation)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor
* not a valid code if car is not equipped with an EGR valve (some Civic models are not)


13- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
85-98 86-98 97-98 85-91 93-97 95-98 85-98
BARO Sensor (Atmospheric Pressure)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


14- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
88-98 88-98 97-98 88-91 93-97 95-98 88-98
IAC Valve (Idle Air Control)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


15- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-95 88-95 n/a 88-91 93-95 95 88-95
Ignition Output Signal
missing or defective ignition output signal


16- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-95 88-95 n/a 88-91 93-95 95 88-95
Fuel Injector System
defective circuit or unplugged / defective fuel injector


17- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
88-98 88-98 97-98 88-91 93-97 95-97 88-98
VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


19- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
n/a 88-95 n/a 88-91 93-97 n/a n/a
Automatic Transmission Lock Up Control Solenoid Valve
defective circuit or unplugged / defective solenoid valve


20- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-98 88-98 97-98 88-91 93-97 95-98 92-98
Electrical Load Detector
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


21*- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
94-98 ** 92-95 n/a n/a 93-95 n/a 93-95
VTEC Solenoid Valve
defective circuit or unplugged / defective solenoid valve
* not a valid code if car does not have a VTEC engine
** not with V-6 engine


22*- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
94-98 92-98 n/a n/a 93-97 98 93-98`
VTEC Oil Pressure Switch
defective circuit or unplugged / defective oil pressure switch
* not a valid code if car does not have a VTEC engine


23- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
98 * 96-98 n/a n/a 94-97 n/a 92-98
KS (Knock Sensor)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor
* not a valid code if V-6 engine


30- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-98 * n/a n/a n/a n/a 95 92-98 *
Automatic Transmission Signal: "A" / SEAF / SEFA / TMA or TMB
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor
* not a valid code for 1996


31- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-95 n/a n/a n/a n/a 95 92-95
Automatic Transmission Signal "B"
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


41- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-98 92-98 97-98 n/a 93-97 95-98 90-98
Primary Oxygen Sensor - Heater
circuit malfunction


43- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
90-95 92-95 n/a n/a 93-95 95 90-95
Fuel Supply System
defective or malfunctioning fuel supply system


45- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
System Too Lean or Too Rich
malfunction in the fuel monitoring systems


48- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
98 92-98 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
LAF Sensor (Lean Air Fuel)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


54- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 n/a n/a
CKF Sensor (Crankshaft Speed Fluctuation)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor


58- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
98 * n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
TDC Sensor 2 (Top Dead Center)
defective circuit or unplugged / defective sensor
* with V-6 engine only


61- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Oxygen Sensor, Heated - Sensor 1 (Primary)
high voltage, low voltage, or slow response


63- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Oxygen Sensor, Heated - Sensor 2 (Secondary)
high voltage, low voltage, or slow response


65- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Oxygen Sensor Heater (Secondary)
malfunctioning or defective oxygen sensor heater


67- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Catalyst system Efficiency Below Threshold
malfunctioning or defective catalyst system


70- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a n/a 96-98 96-98
Automatic Transmission
malfunction with the automatic transmission controls


71- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Cylinder 1 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire


72- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Cylinder 2 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire


73- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Cylinder 3 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire


74- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
Cylinder 4 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire


75- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
98 * n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cylinder 5 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire
* valid code for V-6 engine only


76- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
98 * n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cylinder 6 Misfire or a Random Misfire
a condition is present that is creating a cylinder misfire
* valid code for V-6 engine only


80- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 n/a n/a n/a 96-98 96-98
Exhaust Gas Recirculation
insufficient flow detected


86- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-98 96-98
ECT Sensor (Engine Coolant Temperature)
circuit range / performance problem


90- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
97-98 96-98 n/a n/a n/a 98 97-98
Evaporative Emission Control System
leak detected in the fuel tank area


91- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 n/a n/a n/a 98 97-98
Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor
low input


92- Accord Civic CRV CRX Del Sol Odyssey Prelude
96-98 96-98 97-98 n/a 96-97 96-97 96-98
Evaporative Emission Control System
insufficient purge flow




Are you done bitching yet? :)
 
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While we're all feeling helpful... anyone have a pinout for the 91 ECU harnesses?? :)

THis is great. Ask and ye shall receive.
 
I get most of my info from my head, that I post. Articles are great when I need something, but to date, when LOOKING for info, not just browsing, I haven't been able to find chit I'm looking for. :p
 
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