Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

car wont start been sitting 6 months

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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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6 or 7 months ago i drove my car in the garage ..i try and go start it today and nothing ..so i put new plugs and a new fuel filter ..the cap and rotor are fairly new ..the fuel pump turns on

and car turns over but doesn't start when i sprayed carb cleaner in the manifold it turned on till the fumes were gone (about 15 seconds) then shut off

any ideas? im thinking of draining the gas tank and re-fueling

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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Yeah gas goes bad I would try draining and refue ling
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Default Re: car wont start been sitting 6 months (Diet coke boii)

Check for spark first.
If you're getting spark and your fuel is priming then yea replace the fuel.
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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Default Re: car wont start been sitting 6 months (Lou_EM1)

ill go check right now
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