btw, i searched for this already

i just noticed that when my car is lower on fuel, its harder to start... and it gets worse with the less fuel i have...

when i have a full tank of gas, it takes only 1 crank to start the car...

when the car is down to half a tank of gas, it will take 2-3 cranks... when its down to a quarter of a tank, it can take up to 6-8 cranks before it starts...

when its down to about 1/8 of a tank, it takes about 10 cranks, the car will start and then stall... and then when i turn the key again, it cranks 2 times and starts fine...

after the car is started it runs fine... its not so low that the low fuel light comes on or anything... its never dangerously low...

its really annoying...

 

yea i think its pretty much normal my car did this with my old motor and does it with my swap also

 

When you are lower on fuel, turn your key to secondary (i think?) and let the fuel pump prime. I do it when im low on fuel, takes 1 or 2 cranks to start. It seems like its pretty common among honda's, civics anyway.

 

cool, ill have my gf give it a try when she drives me home later... thanks for the tip

 

i think it's the fuel pump problem...

but if 1-2 cranks is fine, keep it this way and save some money hehe

 

happens to me also... just prime the pump and she'll start no problem... hmm sounds familiar is other situations also

 

Dude, don't drive below 1/4 a tank of gas. Its not good for your in tank fuel pump. It can cause lack of lubrication. Actually, this was a general rule of thumb in auto. Someone wanna verify this?

 

yup both my civics did it... pre and post swaps

 

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ehh you can go lower than 1/4, just dont go all the way to E. it picks up the **** on the bottom of the tank, not really lack of lubrication. because if that was the case it would be lack of fuel getting to the engine too.

and its pretty normal for that to happen, just let the pump prime for a couple seconds before you start it.


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i think it's the fuel pump problem...</TD></TR></TABLE>
sorry man, its not a problem. its totally normal on older hondas.

 

yah its normal...

 

my friends 99si does similar....every time he fills up with gas...the car is hard as hell to start , then runs like complete **** for about 3 min.....very wierd.