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Old 04-19-2004, 08:36 AM
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my honda civic starts up then dies, it does it a few time before it starts...
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weak battery? alt?
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mine has the same problem. though i just bought it and it was sitting on a lot for a month without being started
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my 97coupe hesitates, sometimes it wont do anything, i have to keep turning the key over and over. everything is gsr. anybody got any answers?

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the alternator is fine and the batt is fine. It wants to start, it starts up then quickly dies. after a few tries the the cars starts and i can drive for as long as i want.
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Default Re: honda civic hard starts. (vnlocs)

if you can, check your fuel pressure after the fuel filter.
if you don't have access to that, try spraying some starting fluid into the intake manifold when the car won't start, and see if that helps some.

in case you haven't figured it out, my guess is a fuel delivery problem
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