P0013 code after bolts ons

[Nivek2slick]

Car has hondata jailbreak and flashpro . Drove fine ..we added bolt ons ...tsp DP PRL inlet pipe PRL HVI boomba bpv and PRL RMM. When I went to turn car on replug battery since it was disconnected for about 7 hrs little spark nothing crazy . Turn car on and p0013 code came up . I assumed maybe sensor went bad cuz of spark and I replaced it with a new OEM . Checked fuses nothing . Flashed back to stock map nothing . Can't get rid of this code which puts car in limp mode . I can disable it from comp and it's froges great but I want to get rid of the code the right way so I can load phearable .any help suggestions thanks in advance

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[StingertimeNC]

I actually recommend you call @JesterTuned and see if he can help.

Keep us posted. would be good to know what happened and how you fixed it.

 

[Nivek2slick]

Yeah imma call Honda boys first as they work with hondata as there mechanic and then maybe jester tuned much appreciated

 

[jayy_swish]

What sensor did you replace? Because that’s for the camshaft exhaust solenoid not the camshaft position sensor. Usually a 2 wire set up where one wire receives constant battery power and PCM grounds the solenoid to change camshaft timing. Should hear it click with the engine off when grounded

 

[Nivek2slick]

What sensor did you replace? Because that’s for the camshaft exhaust solenoid not the camshaft position sensor. Usually a 2 wire set up where one wire receives constant battery power and PCM grounds the solenoid to change camshaft timing. Should hear it click with the engine off when grounded

My buddy told me to switch the cam shaft sensor cuz the p0013 that's where I don't understand he told me that sensor so I did it ..but that's for sure the code that comes up

 

[Nivek2slick]

What sensor did you replace? Because that’s for the camshaft exhaust solenoid not the camshaft position sensor. Usually a 2 wire set up where one wire receives constant battery power and PCM grounds the solenoid to change camshaft timing. Should hear it click with the engine off when grounded

I replaced the one by the inlet pipe/intake by the valve cover ..that one

 

[jayy_swish]

in the photo it’s #7 and #6. Those are the VVT actuators and that’s what the P0013 is referring to. Don’t remember off the top my head but off the diagram I’d assume #7 is the exhaust one which is what the code is referring to.

When was your last oil change ? As dirty or old oil can sometimes make these solenoids stick and get stuck or clog the screen filters on the solenoid

 

[jayy_swish]

Also is the code stored, current, or permanent? (Usually says on the scan tool)

if it’s stored means it was an issue and is no longer an issue (code can be erased). Will come back if problem reappears.

current means it’s an issue and is still happening now (can be erased) but will return once the pcm senses the issue again

permanent codes can’t be erase and will need to be fixed in order to be erased

 

[Nivek2slick]

Well on the hondata side I erase it and as soon as car starts it comes back ...and far as oil change goes I mean it says 70 percent oil life the oil stick looks good still . And I wanna say like may Feb I got an oil change .

 

[StingertimeNC]

Is there any way it’s possibly TSP down Pipe related?

 

[Nivek2slick]

Is there any way it’s possibly TSP down Pipe related?

According to the code no . And I would imagine other people would have run into that as well

 

[StingertimeNC]

Hmm, was just thinking maybe, since it’s exhaust related, and the downpipe is exhaust related, that somehow it’s confusing the sensors. I had some kind of code after the TSP downpipe went on as well, but I don’t think it was that code. At JesterTuned just tuned it out.

 

[Nivek2slick]

Yeah that would be a bummer if technically can be tuned out cuz I bought the phearable tune and it doesn't let me add it until this code clears so I would've wasted some money lol

 

[Victorofhavoc]

So, to be clear...
You had no issues,
You made hardware changes,
You now have issues with cam position code...

I would say back out the hardware changes one by one and figure out if it's a part or maybe a sensor or wire pulled along the way. Start with the bpv.

Cam codes are often thrown for position sensor issues but they can also be used as a failsafe code to limp the engine and prevent further damage. For example, almost every car I've ever spun on track will throw a cam position code until you turn it off, let it cool a bit, and start it back up. Cars throw funny codes when they spin. I fixed a guy's z trackside after he spent an hour investigating a cam code and turned out one of his maf sensors was just unplugged.

I would suspect the changes to be the culprit.

 

[jayy_swish]

The exhaust VTC solenoid is located near the left front side (passenger side) of the engine, you would have ran into it (or been able to see the connector for it) when installing the inlet pipe. When installing/removing the vtc exhaust solenoid the inlet pipe has to be removed also. If you can remember disconnecting any connectors

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