Well anyway this is the second cold spell that has hit iowa and my lude is having troubles starting when the engine is cold. when I say cold I mean it has had plenty of time to cool since last driving it. When I go to start it it'll fire but won't idle. It'll take about 8-10 tries before I can get it to sputter then I give it gas (in neutral) until it'll hold its own idle. After this the car runs fine with no problems.

Another thing I noticed was last night I went to start it at about 10pm to run to the store and it did the same thing but my lights would dim when I'm cranking the motor.

I thinking it's electrical, maybe my ground, but I have no clue.

Also my car has california emissions would that be a factor. (this is what the previous owner said, what ever it means? lol) Also this is not the original motor in the car. I swapped in an h23a3.

Let me know what you think

 

Light dimming when cranking the car over is Normal, I learned to turn all lights off prior to starting, owner prefrence.

As far as the cold start issue goes, try this page, Might help ... https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=284207

 

Mabey its time for a new battery? Where do you get your gas from? Is it the shady gas station on the coner that throughs waterin with gas or a trust worthy gas station.

 

The gas I get is from shell. It's the only place I go. I was thinking that it could be the battery. I recently replaced the battery ends. I take a look at it here and let you guys know. Do you think it could be the IACV?

 

ahh i think i found the problem the sensor near the IACV and FITV was broken.. thanks guys

 

sensor near there? where exactly?

 

It's right under my cai, but I don't think that was it. I fixed the broken sensor and I ran it with it plugged in and it ran fine. Then unplugged it and the rpms would drop slowly to about 600rpms.