hondadriver
Member
Ok, Over the winter I swapped in a JDM 2nd gen B16a into my 98 LX, and I used the civic si ecu. Well It runs great but I got a check engine light. So I bought the OBD2 scanner, becasue at first I thought it was the code 9. But it was 90 or P1457, emission canister area leak.. But before I did the swap i bought the helms 96-00 civic manual. So I did every fucking step the book says to do. And everything is fine, I put Hose clamps on all the hoses and all the valves in the system open and close(click), (canister shut off valve, purge control vlave, and bypass valve). So I went to honda and there service department is open the same time I work, and they are not open on the weekeneds. So I talked to the head mechanic, I said I did evrything the books says and soemthing is still fucked up. He said I need to leave my car for a day. I said No way, A whole day times, $78 a labor hour, I said forget it. I told him the most i'll pay is for one hour, he said I can't gaurantee I will find the problem in an hour(bullshit). So I told him that I did the engine swap myself, and usually I fix problems on my own. But this one has me stomped. But before I told him what code I was getting, I said it was the code with the leak at the charcole canister, he said "oh P1457", I said yes, and I now that I am not the only one that comes in here with this problem, Becasue I did a search the other day on yahoo and found a ton of people with the same P1457, but noone nows what the problem is, so I said what is the most common thing you replace when you get a customer with this code, he said he can't say becuase it can be anything. I was like come on This is a common problem with accords and civics. And I didn't have this problem before the swap and the swap wouldn't effect any of the emission bulshit . I mean this is complete bullshit, Honda dealerships are TRUE Motherfuckers, How can it be "anything" If alot of civics and accords have the problem then the problem part is probably the same for evryone , and the whole system doesn't have that many differnt parts. I told him i put hose clamps on and that I replaced the bypass valve along with the 2 way valve near the gas tank, so thats 3 less things it can be. And the mother fucker still can' give me some advice. Fuck that Son of a Bitch, he can eat a fat mother fucking dick. So Of course just like any other honda problem i come to the forums in hope for answers. Did anyone have this code before? If so what was the problem?. Its so aggrevating, i did a swap, it runs beautifully, but some stupid fuckin emission system, is gonna get on my nerve. I would do OBD1 but Now in NY they are gonna be doing the OBD2 scanner plug in at inspections( they started June 1st)I passed inspection before june but I just wanna get this fixed.. This emissions is fucking garbage. This problem is not my fault, honda should address this, FUCK EMISSIONS... Anyway If some one had this problem before please let me now whats wrong!! THANKS