[Euro] Hard Starting Problem

[sendok]

[QUOTE=EuroDude;1032681]warm start, cold start, warm up, no warm up, hot, cold, hail, and shine, the euro is always hard to start.

hmm... how long is be? i'm wondering what is the ideal time for start.. how many sec? i'm afraid mine also hard to start..

[EuroDude]

hmm... how long is be? i'm wondering what is the ideal time for start.. how many sec? i'm afraid mine also hard to start..

Well each crank is something like 400ms, and the Euro takes at least 4 cranks to start, so:

Min 4 cranks = 1600ms
Avg 5 cranks = 2000ms
Max 7 cranks = 2800ms (this is rare, but sometimes the engine almost stalls and finally starts up at very low revs)

compared to say a Jazz which typically takes only 1 crank = 400ms

It has always started up though, ive never had to turn the key again.


The new Civic has a K20A3 yeah? I wander if that also has the long/hard start problem

[ok2]

Yes, mine (a 2006 Std manual all stock) takes 4-5 turns of the crank to start. I usually let the fuel pump prime the pressure that but that does not seem to make any difference.

Last Saturday was walking past a 2006 Lux in a car park and it started really quickly like it was only 1 turn of the crank ! It looked totally standard so don't know if they had done anything special or were just "lucky".

Now my old 88 Civic (not fuel injected) would catch after 0.5-1 turns which was great. I' ve seen various explanations that characteristics of the car i.e.

- high compression
- long throw crank
- fuel injection
- weak battery

all cause this. Just find it odd that it otherwise nicely engineered car "struggles" to start.