MIVEC Not Working

[StewyD32]

Yeah mine moves a little.
Moved on my old GR and my current GPX the exact same way.
Nothing to worry about there.

[d_dan]

If you still need an altenator let ne know if 2 extra ones here you can have

[Dragonheart]

Ya KAce mine moves as well, I know cause its something I used always be fascinated with. And as far as I remember when the key is turned to 2 its 12V as well.

[Myfeckin FTO]

Also, when your car is off and you turn the key into the position before the starter engages, what voltage does your voltmeter read ? Mine reads 12v on the button.....

Mine reads 12v before starting the car - 14v after. No needle movement when indicator is switched on.
How fresh is your battery Kace?

[Bernard]

Mine reads 12v before starting the car

I like the way you're thinking Shane.

[Kace]

Also, when your car is off and you turn the key into the position before the starter engages, what voltage does your voltmeter read ? Mine reads 12v on the button.....

Mine reads 12v before starting the car - 14v after. No needle movement when indicator is switched on.
How fresh is your battery Kace?

Yeah battery is not the freshest to be fair. However what I'm more anxious about is that the new alternator isn't producing the charging output expected and that this is causing Mr Mivec to stay asleep.

Not sure how to verify this though.

[d_dan]

Yea the gauge used to move slightly.

[goz_83]

I think its the battery Kace. Mine moved in my GR until I put a bigger battery into it and then it stopped moving. Doesn't move in the Mivec....way too much power there hehehehe

I let the mivec roar for the first time today. Until then, I just drove it normally. Saw the 5,500 rpm post and thought i would check it out

[richardc9052]

When i had my mivec problem, when it did hit mivec the battery light would come up on the dash, the higher up the revs the brighter it was.. and the volts would drop from 14 slowly down to 12... that was definitely the mixture of a bad battery and terrible alternator