cavetrekker wrote:
> We have a 97 civic coupe that we passed on to our daughter. It has a strange
> problem I can't figure out. Last night we replaced the battery and it
> wouldn't start today. I came home and after spending about thirty minutes
> checking stuff out while she tried to start it I got in it and tried to
> start it giving it a little gas and it sputtered a little and a cloud of
> white smoke came out of the tail pipe it and it missed a little and within
> 10 seconds it was running fine. After I got to thinking I remembered when we
> put the battery in it she started it and let it run a few seconds and then
> shut it off. I also remembered a couple of times before when I had started
> the engine for a few seconds and then let it set overnite it did the same
> thing. I can't decide if the engine is sweating and getting moisture in it
> or if it is some kind of fuel issue? Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Patrick


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Ours sputtered for about ten seconds, and blew a huge puff of smoke, but
i can't say what color it was. Possibly black, which would make sense
for a flooded engine.
'Curly'