Honda Civic startup problems

From Warwickshire, UK, 2 posts

back to the first page and a 92 Civic that won't start when it's been left in the sun....

Quote:

MAIN RELAY??:

I have a reasonable mechanical knowlege of cars but mainly 50's and 60's stuff (when even the starter connection was manual - no relays at all )



So - what/where is the main relay and do I need to get the part/s from a Honda dealer?



Anyone know much about Civics? Summer is coming and I'm waiting to be left stranbded again.

From Brighouse, 1 post

Originally posted by Morris Minor1000 on 1 Apr 2006 4:53 PM
back to the first page and a 92 Civic that won't start when it's been left in the sun....


Quote:


MAIN RELAY??:


I have a reasonable mechanical knowlege of cars but mainly 50's and 60's stuff (when even the starter connection was manual - no relays at all )





So - what/where is the main relay and do I need to get the part/s from a Honda dealer?





Anyone know much about Civics? Summer is coming and I'm waiting to be left stranbded again.

Quote: The main relay on my honda is below the steering column on the right side next to the fuse board. It is a small gray box 1" by 2" with Relay Assy, main 39400-ST3-E011 A-Pro 369 12V on the front. These relays are very expensive from the Honda Dealer you could pick one up on ebay or from a scrappers.

From Tulsa ,oklahoma, 3 posts

im sorry to hav in truded .. but . i have a 94 civic lx 1.5 auto.. it will not start. its like its flooding ou t.. if i play w/ the fuel pump. prime thn release it will start .. but if i leave it connected its like it gets to much gas.. crazy.....i have changed the internal coil to a external accel. msd cap.. "orig. bug"new plugs,tried new fuel pressure regulater,still will not start.turns over and turns etc. when u first try o fthe day . for a sec . snd like it try's. after that.. nothing. when i take off the plug on the fuel pumped it almost starts or acually snds like it is try'n. thn line runz dry . before it died, and never started again. it was bog'n down alot when i pushed the gas and was really loud .. thn regulary.. and on a cld start . it used to start but when u pu tin in gear push the gas it wld die or barly if any move . more gas you push it wld die. stuck back n out drv way. all pwr dissappeared. dont know why .. o hyes it did it kinda bad be fro e. but it was because one of the injector wires was cut so wired up. pwr came back snd went quiet purred. now all the sudden loudness isway worse , no pwr, and will not start at all.. snds like it is getting flooded out can smell gas like crazy. think it is getting pwr."shld MSD" plz help any questionz or answers wld help .. you can get me hee or on yahoo. id the same on both .. lol .. tyvm,,..

From Tampa,fl, 1 post

I hate to but in, but I have an 89 civic hatchback. It does the same thing, but it is intermittent. This is my first Honda and i love this little car. I drive it to work every day, but I am getting to where i don't trust it to start. I know BMWs inside and out, but this car has a carb. It starts fine in the am, but after short hops or diving to work doesn't want to start. Usually takes about six attempts then it starts. Almost acts as if it vapor locked. Anyone have any ideas?

From PA, 2 posts

I have the same problem with my 91 honda civic. replacing the spark plugs with NGK's copper cores was about 7 dollars for all 4 plugs, and it seemed to help a little. You may want to change your pcv valve, or swap out the pcv valve system for a plain cone filter and a hose clamp. Try changing your air filter, and fuel filter as well. That helped a little with my problem too. I havnt changed the fuel filter yet because it is inside the tank and will take a little while to change. If it isnt that you may want to try your fuel sending unit (fuel pump), because fuel pumps dont always just quit, they can also slowly stop working. But try the filters first. Good luck! -Calin

From London, 4 posts

i had the same and exact problem with my 94' honda civic what they found was that one of he wires to the fuel pump broke off dont ask me how because i dont know how it happened it was a wire leading to the comptuer from the fuel pump
also they also found dat there was also a burst open capacitor in the computer which they replaced an lastly they said the fuel pump has to be changed but maybe in this case you guys should change the fuel pump or check to see if the fuel pump is getting any electricity obviously u will bring it to a auto specialist to do so......

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Hey every1, technically not a civic but i have a problem with my rafaga 2.0L, was driving the other day, stopped to get ciggies, hopped back in and hello when i turn the key to the on position... nothing, no oil lamp, no battery light, no speedo/rev counter display, to sum up no dash, turn off n on heaps of times and hallelujah it goes. so i'm driving along and woooh whole engine turns of, speedo and rev counter drop to 0 as if battery terminal flew off? but strangely head lights, hazard lights and stereo still work. after towing home i check every fuse in the car, they are all sweet?? help me!!

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i have 95 2door civic .it ran out of petrol,i refilled it. it started for about a second then cut out. it now will not start, the engines does not turn over. i suspect i may have put in the wrong fuel but i very much doubt it, can anybody help. nsx_uk@yahoo.com
thanks

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after researching about this, I'm thankful i found this post, i have a 92 civic lx 1.5L and also have the same problem. Some times it turns on and sometimes it turns on after like 6 tries. Ive changed the spark plugs and cables, fuel filter, and the dist cap, like 3 months ago. what i didn't change is the distributor rotor, so ill change that to see if it helps. However, after reading some of this stuff, it might be that its causing that because i don't have OEM parts (except spark plugs). This thing is driving me crazy. someone please come up with an answer

From Leeds, 5 posts

hey i guess its problem with the fuel line and the sensors in the MPFI some of them might have blocked , this generally happens when the last residue of the fuel tank come with the last suction of fuel in an empty tank. when that happens , the fuel ejection stop and wont start. its better to clean fuel lines and the fuel ejection system , cheers and good luck