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99 Civic starting issue
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My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday when I tried to start it, no success. Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be the issues (and how much they could cost)? Thanks. |
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John Smith wrote:
> Hello: > > My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to start > the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery is about > 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday when I tried > to start it, no success. > > Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to a > dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be the > issues (and how much they could cost)? > > Thanks. > > when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? |
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The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular
service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not appear as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. "jim beam" > wrote in message news > John Smith wrote: >> Hello: >> >> My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >> start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >> is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >> when I tried to start it, no success. >> >> Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >> a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >> the issues (and how much they could cost)? >> >> Thanks. >> >> > when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? > |
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John Smith wrote:
> The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular > service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was > done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not appear > as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. > > > "jim beam" > wrote in message > news > >>John Smith wrote: >> >>>Hello: >>> >>>My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >>>start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >>>is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >>>when I tried to start it, no success. >>> >>>Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >>>a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >>>the issues (and how much they could cost)? >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>> >> >>when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? >> --------------------- Don't have it towed. Parts don't fail while a car is sitting inside a garage (unless the garage was struck by lightning) Read the chapter in your manual called STARTING THE ENGINE. You've got a flooded engine because one injector stuck open, and dribbled gas into the engine while it was parked. My Odyssey did the same trick to us. Just do like the manual says, and hold the pedal to the floor, crank it, and release the pedal when it starts to run. It will blow a bit of black smoke. Your dealer should know about this. the cure is to run some injector cleaner thru it, or a couple tanks of Gasohol (see your manual) 'Curly' |
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John Smith wrote:
> "jim beam" > wrote in message > news > >>John Smith wrote: >> >>>Hello: >>> >>>My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >>>start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >>>is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >>>when I tried to start it, no success. >>> >>>Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >>>a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >>>the issues (and how much they could cost)? >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>> >> >>when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? >> > The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular > service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was > done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not appear > as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. > > standard plugs are rated for 30k - if they were not changed, they are a prime candidate. if you can change them yourself, you're going to change yourself a bunch of cash on having the dealer tow & do the same thing for you. you could probably translate your savings into one of these: http://www.midwayautosupply.com/deta...ption.asp?3352 which will save you a bunch of trouble in the future for this or any other post 96 car you own. first thing any repair shop does is plug one of these in & get the codes. |
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John Smith wrote:
> Hello: > > My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to start > the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery is about > 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday when I tried > to start it, no success. > > Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to a > dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be the > issues (and how much they could cost)? leaky injector could have flooded it? did ya try flooring the pedal while cranking to let more air in? > > Thanks. > > |
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John Smith wrote:
> The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular > service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was > done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not appear > as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. it was likely done at the 30k service. |
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:43:28 -0600, "motsco_ _" <"motsco_
> wrote: >John Smith wrote: >> The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular >> service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was >> done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not appear >> as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. >> >> >> "jim beam" > wrote in message >> news >> >>>John Smith wrote: >>> >>>>Hello: >>>> >>>>My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >>>>start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >>>>is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >>>>when I tried to start it, no success. >>>> >>>>Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >>>>a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >>>>the issues (and how much they could cost)? >>>> >>>>Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? >>> >--------------------- > >Don't have it towed. Parts don't fail while a car is sitting inside a >garage That's exactly how my igniter failed on my 90 accord. drove it running fine. parked it for several days and when I tried to restart it igniter was bad. replaced igniter and all is well. Had about 50K miles on it when it happened. (unless the garage was struck by lightning) Read the chapter in >your manual called STARTING THE ENGINE. You've got a flooded engine >because one injector stuck open, and dribbled gas into the engine while >it was parked. My Odyssey did the same trick to us. Just do like the >manual says, and hold the pedal to the floor, crank it, and release the >pedal when it starts to run. It will blow a bit of black smoke. > >Your dealer should know about this. the cure is to run some injector >cleaner thru it, or a couple tanks of Gasohol (see your manual) > >'Curly' |
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Thanks for your response.
It was exactly what you said...I had to hold the pedal down fully and crank it a couple of times. I now need to implement the injector cleaner part of your message. Any suggestions on brand names for that product? There was another response saying that spark plugs would have been replaced at 30k. That is correct. I just looked at my 30k service records. Thanks again. "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ > wrote in message ... > John Smith wrote: >> The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular >> service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was >> done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not >> appear as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. >> >> >> "jim beam" > wrote in message >> news >> >>>John Smith wrote: >>> >>>>Hello: >>>> >>>>My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >>>>start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >>>>is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >>>>when I tried to start it, no success. >>>> >>>>Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >>>>a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >>>>the issues (and how much they could cost)? >>>> >>>>Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? >>> > --------------------- > > Don't have it towed. Parts don't fail while a car is sitting inside a > garage (unless the garage was struck by lightning) Read the chapter in > your manual called STARTING THE ENGINE. You've got a flooded engine > because one injector stuck open, and dribbled gas into the engine while it > was parked. My Odyssey did the same trick to us. Just do like the manual > says, and hold the pedal to the floor, crank it, and release the pedal > when it starts to run. It will blow a bit of black smoke. > > Your dealer should know about this. the cure is to run some injector > cleaner thru it, or a couple tanks of Gasohol (see your manual) > > 'Curly' |
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John Smith wrote:
> Thanks for your response. > > It was exactly what you said...I had to hold the pedal down fully and crank > it a couple of times. I now need to implement the injector cleaner part of > your message. Any suggestions on brand names for that product? > > There was another response saying that spark plugs would have been replaced > at 30k. That is correct. I just looked at my 30k service records. > > Thanks again. > > "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ > wrote in message > ... > >>John Smith wrote: >> >>>The car has 47k miles on it. I am the first owner. I have had regular >>>service done at Honda dealerships...the last was a 45k service which was >>>done about 4months ago. I went through the paperwork -- it does not >>>appear as though the plugs were cleaned/changed at that time. >>> >>> >>>"jim beam" > wrote in message >>>news >>> >>> >>>>John Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello: >>>>> >>>>>My 1999 Civic LX 4-dr sedan has the following problem: when I try to >>>>>start the car, it keeps trying but does not actually start. The battery >>>>>is about 9months old. The car was in my garage for 4days and yesterday >>>>>when I tried to start it, no success. >>>>> >>>>>Any ideas what might be the problem? I am planning on having it towed to >>>>>a dealership today. I just wanted to be semi-informed on what might be >>>>>the issues (and how much they could cost)? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>when were the plugs last changed? what's the service history? mileage? >>>> >>> >>--------------------- >> >>Don't have it towed. Parts don't fail while a car is sitting inside a >>garage (unless the garage was struck by lightning) Read the chapter in >>your manual called STARTING THE ENGINE. You've got a flooded engine >>because one injector stuck open, and dribbled gas into the engine while it >>was parked. My Odyssey did the same trick to us. Just do like the manual >>says, and hold the pedal to the floor, crank it, and release the pedal >>when it starts to run. It will blow a bit of black smoke. >> >>Your dealer should know about this. the cure is to run some injector >>cleaner thru it, or a couple tanks of Gasohol (see your manual) >> >>'Curly' > ------------------------ Techron seems to be the 'de facto' standard. It's an American product, but I don't remember what gas station sells it. I'm in Canada, so I just filled the sucker up with Mohawk 'PLUS' gas, two tanks must have cured it. 'Curly' |
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