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Old 21 Dec 2004, 09:10 am
In2hoppn
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Default Need advice... 95 Civic dies and won't start, but then starts and is fine.

Thread title about sums it up. Seems to happen as part of the warm up
process???
1st time was when I left the house and got about 5 miles down the road.
This morning (very cold), I started and let it idle for about 10 minutes.
Pulled out of the driveway and got 50 feet and it died. NO stutter,
stumble, misfire... just plain quits. Key off and back ON runs the fuel
pump OK. Crank all you want, but not a single fire. I get out and push the
car back to my driveway. Then try the key and it starts up and runs fine.
Same thing the first time it happened. Traveling along at 55 to 60mph and
it died. Coasted into local gas station. Tried several times to start it,
but would not fire. I was listening for fuel pump that time, but couldn't
here it (too much noise around me, this time I could here it for sure). So
I got out and popped the hood, looked for a fuel pressure relief to just see
if there was fuel pressure but didn't see one. Found the fuse boxes and
quickly checked fuses. Got back inside the car and was digging out my cell
phone when I decided to crank it one more time. Cranked it and it started
instantly and idled perfect.

I'm hoping you guys know of a "typical" problem that causes this exact
symptom. I do need to replace the thermostat... not getting very good heat
and it's running on the cool side. I don't think it's relevent. Temp gauge
was up a good quarter this morning when it died. Then of course, on the
highway it goes back to near COLD. But so far, once the car dies and
restarts, it runs without failing for the rest of the day! I have no idea
how I'm gonna find the problem if it starts and runs fine after. I don't
usually like to "throw parts" at a problem, but sometimes that's the route
to go ; )

All advice much appreciated!
In2


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