Do you plug your car in at night? I'm from Alaska and most cars come with a
block heater that prove to be invaluable during the winter months.
especially if your car is outside. A cold engine block will have a hell of a
time turning over if she's cold and frozen. Also a cold engine start can
easily put much un-needed stress on your engine.



"Ryan Radford" <rradford@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:HdHob.240823$9l5.228356@pd7tw2no...
> I have a 1992 Honda Prelude SR with about 193,000km on it. It has a heck
of
> a time starting on cold mornings (I'm in Vancouver, Canada and it's
starting
> to get pretty cool out here, so my troubles are just starting). It will
> turn over fine over and over and over again, but it will not actually
start.
> It will sound as if the engine is going to engage, but it can never quite
> "hold it" and actually get it started. I know it's not great to do for a
> fuel-injected car, but the only way it will start is to actually give it
> some gas while it's turning over. After about 1-2 minutes of playing, I
can
> usually get it started. Once it has been started once it's fine for the
> rest of the day. It'll fire up no problem. In warmer weather I've never
> had any problems with it. In the last year I've had the following done:
>
>
> - New Upper Radiator Hose, Thermostat, Thermostat Gasket, Rad cap + rad
> flush and cooling system sealer
>
> - New Fuel Filter
>
> - Tune up from Honda Dealer: 4x "Spark Plug NGK", Rotor Head Assembly, Cap
> Assembly.
>
> - New Battery (within 2 months).
>
>
>
> After I had the Tune up from Honda, it seemed to be starting better, but I
> think the weather was getting warmer too (may have just been a
coincidence).
> Now that we're back to having cold weather (around freezing level) and I'm
> having the same problems I seem to think that may have been the case.
>
>
>
> I had some people suggest a new TW Sensor (???) (is this a computer
> temperature sensor, which incidentally someone else suggested?), a fuel
> pump, and a few other things I can't remember.
>
>
>
> Any ideas or tips to look for?
>
>
>
> Also, if it's relevant, when the car is actually running, it runs great.
No
> apparant loss of power while driving or anything.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Ryan
>
> rrradford@yahoo.com
>
>