I i have a 89 honda hatchback dx 2dr and it worked fine until one cold winter it didnt want to start.....i have checked all the fuses and they seem ok including the battery,and finaly when i got it to start it started leakin steering fluid from the deposit inside the hood and the motor sounded forced.This car worked perfectly until the weather got cold so PLEASE ANY ONE HELP....
Mine had the same problem but it would start in the cold but would stall if i tried to move the car. once in a while i would get the check engine lite on would have a code that said burning too rich . even when the light was not on it would go through alot more fuel than normal. i tried changing all kinds of stuff o2 sensors, coolant temp sensor, throtle position sensor, air intake sensor, timing belt, and water pump just because its so expensive to change the timing belt and waterpump is run off of it. compleate tune up roter cap to the plugs. and nothing worked.
the real problem that nobody but 1 mechanic knew just from the issues i told him. lifter rockers too tight. and needed to be loosened and re torqued it cost me just the price of 1 hour labor. about $90.00 he told me honda engins are the best but the lifters tighten up with time and must be re adjusted every 100k miles mine had 120k when it started giving me cold weather problems and i only met the mechanic at 135k miles my second winter with the problem. My CRV runs like a new car now!
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ever tune it up, try new spark plugs. gapped to spec. starts fine and runs fine, not said the latter....????
Cold starts are the hardest, takes these things to start good. cold. 1: go winter fuel (if cold out, isit? then winter fuel works best) 2: a good engine and good spark plugs, (hot spark) 3: good cold start fueling, to get #3 the modern car 89- now. needs a working and accurate ECT sensor, this tells the ECU exactly how much fuel to use. if the ECT reads warming than REALITY, the fueling will be weak and may not start or stall fast.
no location stated, nor if car is a daily driver, that is fresh fuel every week,,,,
89, the dizzy loves to fail. it has a standalone dizzy until 1991. so the ECU does not make spark on 1.6L , 1.3L is carb car. the dizzy ignitor or VR devices like to fail hot. check spark with it wont start bingo , bad dizzy, next?
check if the air intake is clear , no cracks/split etc in the pipe work , air filter is clean,if look ok then i'd get the stepper motor checked out as a first step
first have to solve the problem the check engine light will tell you what's wrong by diagnosing the problem have to get the trouble code and find what causing it google.com has few guys posted how to diagnose this and find the source of the problem. might be concern on gas fuel filter clogged, or injector are also clogged,
mine had the same problem but it would start in the cold but would stall if i tried to move the car.
once in a while i would get the check engine lite on would have a code that said burning too rich .
even when the light was not on it would go through alot more fuel than normal.
i tried changing all kinds of stuff o2 sensors, coolant temp sensor,
throtle position sensor, air intake sensor, timing belt, and water pump
just because its so expensive to change the timing belt and waterpump
is run off of it.
compleate tune up roter cap to the plugs. and nothing worked.
the real problem that nobody but 1 mechanic knew just from the issues i told him.
lifter rockers too tight. and needed to be loosened and re torqued
it cost me just the price of 1 hour labor. about $90.00
he told me honda engins are the best but the lifters tighten up with time and must be re adjusted every 100k miles
mine had 120k when it started giving me cold weather problems and i
only met the mechanic at 135k miles my second winter with the problem.
My CRV runs like a new car now!
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