pkrishan@gmail.com wrote in
news:1168245034.694664.310300@42g2000cwt.googlegro ups.com:

> Hi,
> I had been having some problems with my Honda Civic 1.5 LSI
> (94-95)
> [UK], for a couple
> of months now.
> The car would Hesitation/shaking when accelerated, in the morning. A
> few times this has happened
> at nearly the same spot while driving to work (some 200m from home).
> Once, the car completely stopped (at that 200m spot), and will not
> immediately start. The
> ignition will work, but it won't catch and the car won't start. The
> car did start after some 15 mins
> rest.
> Last weekend, I couldn't start the car at all (in my driveway). Called
> the mechanic, when he came he immediately told me that it was a
> flooded engine. He told me that the early fuel injection engines (as
> in my 94 Honda), has a rain sensor which pumps more fuel when it
> rains.


Now that's a bogus explanation if I ever heard one.



> Recalling, it was on raininy days that I did have the problems.
>
> My question is, since I never had these problems prior to two months
> ago (even in rain),
> do I have a defective sensor which needs replacing (as the car is
> getting older now).
> Or, as the mechanic pointed out, this is inherent in this car and I
> have to live with it.
>


That's bogus too. Change the plug wires first. How old are they? Are the
OEM?

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