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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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Default vtec not working

ok so my check engine light has been on for a whilein my 98 gsr. pulled the codes, said it was running too rich. took it to local shop to see what they thought, got the same answer. they said there is nothing wrong with any of my sensors and whatnot and that i was lucky. he said gas just builds up from a lot of stop and go short driving trips (i deliver for dominos). so he told me every once in a while to run it a little hard and get rid of some of the excess gas. they reset everything for me and everything was cool. i take it to the freeway and im shifting at about 6.5-7k rpms every gear just to run it hard a little and check everything. sure enough, in 3rd gear as soon as i hit vtec (around 5k) the ****in engine bogs out and stops accelerating again and my check engine light is back on. what the ****. i got an oil change not even 2k miles ago but my oil light seems to like going off lately. would that cause the engine to bog out? should i get a leakdown test or something? please any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
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