Hello,


I have a 95 Integra with 89k miles which has a problem
starting up and would like to know if it's something other than water
in my gas. This usually occurs initially when the car has been sitting
for about 3hrs or more. When I try to start it, all of the dash lights
come on, the car turns and the engine begins to start, but then stops.
When it does this all of the lights go out on the dash, but if I start
the engine again without resetting the key, the lights come on and the
problem happens again. If I do this about 5 times and press the peddle
a bit, the car eventually starts. While it starts I get a few stutters
from the engine initially for about 10 seconds and then there is no
problem for the rest of the drive. I was thinking that this was
nothing more than bad gas and have purchased a bottle of STP that
prevents gas freeze, but have not fully emptied the tank yet.
The battery was purchased from Acura about 2 years ago but we
only had one day of 50+ degree weather this past week (which this
problem didn't happen) so I'm waiting for another warm day to see if
this doesn't happen to see if the problem lies with the battery.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick