klh2000

Have a very strange problem with my friend's crv. We drive about 400 miles over the weekend, parked it running perfect on Sunday. Monday morning it won't start, it will attempt to fire (sort of like starting a carbed engine in the cold) but will never run. I checked fuel pressure, it's fine. It will backfire out the intake very occasionally with ether, so I thought timing was off.
Yesterday we threw in a new timing chain, triple checked timing; everything is fine. Checked compression, 150psi in all cylinders (seems great for a 215,000 mile engine), spark is very strong on all cylinders. Crank sensor seems to be working, the computer reads rpm when you crank it.
There are no codes, but the check engine light was blinking if you leave the key in for 20 seconds or so, we just cannot figure out why it won't start, everything it would need seems to be there.

avisitor

Try depressing the accelerator pedal all the way down and crank engine for about 10 to 15 seconds
Rest starter for about a minute or two
Then try again, crank engine and press gas pedal
If nothing is really wrong then engine will start up

If not then you must go back to basics
Check spark. fuel, air, compression, timing, exhaust, etc.

ylekyote

I have a 2001 CRV, 239k miles, that will crank only if I put gas pedal all the way down to floor. It won't start otherwise. It will warm up for 3-4 minutes at 1500 RPMs and when it goes down below 900ish RPM it immediately stalls / dies. It will restart and run for maybe 1 minute and repeat. Has anyone noticed the throttle / gas pedal situation with theirs starting?

Tonny Bugge

Did you find the problem ?