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88 civic starting when hot


amarckel
05-07-2003, 08:03 PM
I have a 88 civic that starts fine when it is cold and runs until I shut it off then I can't get it started. I am stuck???
Thanks, Andy

civickiller
05-07-2003, 08:09 PM
main relay

pcv
05-07-2003, 08:30 PM
Check your coolant sensor for the computor.

FourthGenHatch
05-07-2003, 09:01 PM
http://www.fourthgenhatch.com/mainrelay.html

fiercecivic
05-07-2003, 09:02 PM
yeh fo show its ur main relay, sumone posted sumpin ahile back about ur soldering exapanding and retracting.

redmanjd
05-08-2003, 07:23 AM
main relay

88_SC_CRX_Si
05-08-2003, 10:35 AM
If the Main Relay is not the prob... Next place to check is the ECT sensor, when it starts to fail. It will send bogus info to the ECU, telling it the engine is cold and flooding it out. When in reality the engine is hot. Might try unplugging it and then try starting it. If it starts right up, then chances are thats the prob. However it will cause a code, just re-set the ECU to get rid of it...

It's located under the dist. on the head, with two wires coming off it. The other one with one wire, is the sender for the temp gauge on the dash...

"Noth'in like Induction..." ;)

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