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Jun 2, 2007, 2:53 PM
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My 1993 honda civic was running fine 2 weeks ago. I parked it for a week and then tried to start it with no luck. It has 190,000 miles. The starter is working, all 4 plugs are getting spark and I can smell fuel when I try to start it. Does the smell of fuel indicate that it is in fact getting fuel? If it is getting fuel and spark why would it not start? thx
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jun 2, 2007, 3:49 PM
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You would think smelling fuel would get you some reaction but it might not be enough at the right time. A fuel pressure check would help to diagnose this. Try some starter fluid and see it it kicks if only for a couple seconds. The other question always is a timing belt. If it jumped a few notches it might only back fire or nothing. Broken it would sound funny just cranking it. How many miles has that one been in it?? Hope it's not an interference engine if the timing belt is at fault! T
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Jun 2, 2007, 4:23 PM
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I will try the starting fluid. The timing belt was changed this winter. It has less than 10,000 miles on it. Thanks Tom!
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Jun 2, 2007, 4:48 PM
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I tried starter fluid. It sputtered and almost started, but did not start. So, I assume then that it is not getting fuel?
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Jun 2, 2007, 5:29 PM
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Starter fluid doing something is a good clue that this is a fuel problem. Be careful not to try too hard to start the car as you may complicate things by flooding it and can damage the starter motor if you don't let it cool down between tries. Try to get a fuel pressure reading. I don't know that exact best pressure for that car but it should be steady at perhaps 25-40 psi and you can check that with key in just run position, T
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