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Old 23 Feb 2004, 02:12 am
George Macdonald
 
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Default Re: 02 Civic hard to start a couple times

On 22 Feb 2004 22:02:37 GMT, tomminny@aol.com (TomM in NY) wrote:

>I have a 2002 Honda Civic LX with 65k on it. A couple of times now it hasn't
>wanted to start. It cranked over fine but didn't want to fire. I live in the
>northeast and both times seem to be when it was a warm up above freezing. Any
>ideas what might cause this or what I can look for?


Had the engine been fully warmed up to operating temp the last time it was
driven? Did you follow the "instructions"?:-) By that I mean Honda
manuals usually say to gradually try pressing the accelerator pedal futher
if it won't start right away: try halfway then full to the floor.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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