thats13guy
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Usually i am a nissan guy but i thought i would make an attempt at a honda swap. Ok so my gf has a 2002 accord se automatic with the f23a4 ULEV engine. Engine and trans were going south so i purchased a f23a(jdm) low mileage engine online(i thought this would be the same. I used my stock ULEV intake and exhaust manifolds along with all of the original ULEV sensors and such to run the stock ecu. From what i have read people said you had to use your stock stuff when doing the f23a1 to f23a swap and that the f23a1 was basically the same as the f23a4 so this is why i used the stock stuff. The car will not start or change out of gear(park) after the swap. When we give it power from the key by turning the ignition it will read its in d4 for a second then the gear indicator lights go off. When i push the brake pedal down i dont even get the typical "click" you hear to pull it out of park. After touching screw drivers to the starter and bridging the two(to test the starter) we got it started, but it has a very sporadic idle(revs go up and down repeatably). Im very lost here on which ECU i should use(if that makes a difference) and how to fix these issues. The info on this swap seems to be non existent. Any help would be nice thanks.