Car Won't Start When Cold

CARTUNER1984

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HONDA CIVIC

I have a '94 Honda Civic with a JDM D15B with aprox. 50k miles. Ever since I have put this engine in it whenever is rains or gets foggy, basically any type of moisture my car takes forever to start up. I can get it eventually but once it gets started it sounds like its gonna die again so I have to hold the gas pedal to the floor and it will eventually run right. I can keep it in the garage over night and the next day it will start right up, it only does it when it is left outside over night or it rains and the temp. Drops. I know the Japan has different emissions then we do and the engine did'nt come with a spot to plug the Purge Control Solenoid up on the back of the Intake Manifold. What could be the problem?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 AT 10:50 PM

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BRUCE HUNT

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You have an electrical issue. I would check the grounds and I would check the wires on the plugs. They could be getting wet. The distributor seal at the cap could be letting moisture in. What ever the cause, something is shorting do to dew or moisture.

Honda has numerous plugs on the vehicle. One of those could be making a decent connection but the moisture shorts it. Clean them and try one of the electrical get sealants on the market.

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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 AT 1:13 PM

CARTUNER1984

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Yeah somebody today said something about my distributor. They said if there is the smallest crack that it would do it. Well today once I got my car started I started driving it home and I threw a code. I brought up the code and it was code 43 which is defective or malfunctioning fuel supply system. Could this also be a problem my car is doing this? I did a small search on this and I've read everything from O2 sensor to distibutor to fuel pump so forth and so on.

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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 AT 9:12 PM