Hi all my 96 civic ex has a little oil problem and I am taking it to the shop today to get it checked I think it's burning oil because in 2,000 miles I have had to add 2 1/2 quarts of oil. I just noticed today that my vtec is not kicking in I was reving it out to about 6grand in each gear (getting on it) and me and someone else noticed that the vtec wasen't kicking in (thought it should kick in aroung 5 or 5000) he said it might be the oil problem he said if the car don't have the right amount of oil in it the vtec won't kick in anyone else have any idea what I should do

well vtec needs the proper oil pressure for it to kick in so if ur running low on oil that could be the problem...im assuming that your running stock ecu and all that so since its an ex it should kick in just fine...but if you change the oil and it still doesnt work it could be something with the wiring (just be lazy like me and buy a vtec controller, that way it has no choice but to work)

yeah that is most likely ur problem vtec works with the right amount of oil pressure

Hi all my 96 civic ex has a little oil problem and I am taking it to the shop today to get it checked I think it's burning oil because in 2,000 miles I have had to add 2 1/2 quarts of oil. I just noticed today that my vtec is not kicking in I was reving it out to about 6grand in each gear (getting on it) and me and someone else noticed that the vtec wasen't kicking in (thought it should kick in aroung 5 or 5000) he said it might be the oil problem he said if the car don't have the right amount of oil in it the vtec won't kick in anyone else have any idea what I should do
it is proprably the oil problem wich I am in the process of getting fixed but also I did install a bigger fuel pump ( walbro 255) and a fmu 12:1 ration (planning on installing a turbo as soon as I get the adapter plate made) wondering if that stuff would make a difference in the vtec kicking in....