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02-15-2008, 10:52 AM
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wont start in cold weather
new here...iv searched sevrl places and have had no luck.....1998 honda civic 4banger auto....when cold temp around 30 deg. car wont start...spins over but want crank...as soon as temps outside warm up car starts and runs great...its probably a sensor but what one and where is it or they located...thanks for any help
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02-15-2008, 11:04 AM
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Not really any sensors involved in starting that would care about temperature. Makes me wonder about the battery. How old is it? How long has it had this problem? Did it have it last winter as well? Might not have enough CCA (cold-cranking amps). Just a guess.
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02-15-2008, 11:17 AM
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nope ,not the battery and it does have sensors one i think is called a tw sensor and another that is in the intake air boot...there is something that controls cold starting ...i will find it eventually,i was hopeing someone had already addressed this problem to save some time...
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02-15-2008, 11:43 AM
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02-15-2008, 01:24 PM
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i live in louisiana too ... i dont think the gas is frozen ... does your gas freeze??
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02-15-2008, 01:50 PM
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i live in louisiana too ... i dont think the gas is frozen ... does your gas freeze??
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no it doesnt, i was jokin lol...but where in LA u live?? |
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02-15-2008, 01:55 PM
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walker louisiana just west of you
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02-15-2008, 05:15 PM
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I'm not sure of there being any sensor that would affect the starting of vehicle due to temperature changes...But all of my vehicle are hard-to-start when it's cold out (I live in Ohio and we usually see single digits and negative number for a few months in winter)...Have you tested the amount of anti-freeze in your car (if not an anti-freeze tester is only like a dollar and be picked up anywhere)? It could also be your battery...I know that when the temperatures around here got to the point of below freezing and stayed that way for a week or so that I had to switch the oil being used in my Blazer (the owner's manual gave a chart, temperature-what type of oil should be used). You may want to look into that also. But for 30 degrees you shouldn't have to do that (I wouldn't think so anyways).
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02-15-2008, 05:23 PM
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walker louisiana just west of you
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hey i'm in BR welcome to SHO. no idea why your car won't start but these guys will get you sorted out i'm sure.
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02-15-2008, 05:24 PM
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I'm not sure of there being any sensor that would affect the starting of vehicle due to temperature changes...But all of my vehicle are hard-to-start when it's cold out (I live in Ohio and we usually see single digits and negative number for a few months in winter)...Have you tested the amount of anti-freeze in your car (if not an anti-freeze tester is only like a dollar and be picked up anywhere)? It could also be your battery...I know that when the temperatures around here got to the point of below freezing and stayed that way for a week or so that I had to switch the oil being used in my Blazer (the owner's manual gave a chart, temperature-what type of oil should be used). You may want to look into that also. But for 30 degrees you shouldn't have to do that (I wouldn't think so anyways).
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i don't think it's even gotten down near 30 here.. maybe in january. it's 62 right now.
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Swap a motor from a s2k in that 240 then you will have a beast!!!
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02-15-2008, 07:14 PM
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ill find out and when i do i will post it so people will know ----an know its not the battery/coolant/tune up/oil or the brand tires i use...the car turns over fine and when it gets warm enough outside it starts up perfect and runs perfect...thanks
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02-15-2008, 11:36 PM
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i don't think it's even gotten down near 30 here.. maybe in january. it's 62 right now.
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Lucky, lucky, lucky....just this past week we had a spurt of cold weather, with wind-chill factor it was -30.
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02-16-2008, 02:34 AM
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Lucky, lucky, lucky....just this past week we had a spurt of cold weather, with wind-chill factor it was -30.
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yeah i wouldn't call it lucky in august though..
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02-16-2008, 08:46 AM
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I'm suffering and its 48 degrees here. Granted I work outside...
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