Hi All,

I have been reading similar problems here in this forum but i have not
been able to get a good answer to my civic problem.


The car's hardstart problem have been around for quite sometime now
and local technicians HAVE NOT been able to fix it. Unfortunately, we
do not have a HONDA dealer in our small city here.


Here are the symptoms:
1.0 Easy to start in the morning but it is really difficult to start
when the engine is HOT or after the engine has been turned off after a
30-minute cruise on the highway.
2.0 It often happens when I dropped by a gas station after that long
trip - i switch the engine off and after i had one full tank, it is
difficult to start the engine over. I hear my starter working but
cannot turn the engine over. So i have to press the gas pedal until
the engine rolls after several tries.
3.0 I smell gas everytime i have to press the gas pedal to turn the
engine on.
4.0 I hear the regular 'clicks' when i switch my keys to ON that means
my fuel tank is working right (i think).
5.0 When the engine would not roll-over when starting, i have to wait
for about 30 minutes to cool the engine and after that, it would start
fine already.
6.0 This means that when the engine is really that hot, i could only
hear the miserable starter rolling but not my engine.
7.0 Recently done: Cleaning of the distributor cap, cleaning of spark
plugs, and putting an STP fuel injector into the gas tank to NO AVAIL.


What do you think is the problem?


jaydee