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98 Civic Ex struggles to fire up. Any Ideas?

Old 03-13-2011, 08:20 PM
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Default 98 Civic Ex struggles to fire up. Any Ideas?

My d16y8 seems to have an issue firing up. It turns over strong but I have to punch the gas at start up to get it to fire up. Without gassing it, it takes quite a few seconds, if at all. Possible injector/fuel pump issue? Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks.
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Any CEL codes? When was the least tune up?
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It throws a code for the IAT sensor. No idea when it was tuned last. I just bought it.
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Fix the code problem and do a full tune up and oil change.
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Default Re: 98 Civic Ex struggles to fire up. Any Ideas?

you might have a vacuum leak. replace the vacuum hoses and when you do your tune-up, be sure to replace the PCV valve+grommet.
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