# 1990 Honda Civic, No Start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-civic-no-start/51353>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-civic-no-start/51353 "2010-07-06T00:58:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mhrod4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mhrod4](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mhrod4)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-civic-no-start/51353/1 "2010-07-06T00:58:16Z")

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I haven’t owned this car in over 12 years, but the problem was so bizzare, I throw it out there for feedback.  
  
 Owned the car since new, driving it 186k miles,in 8 years. During that time, approximately 10 times, I would go to start the car, when it would kinda kick back, then crank like there is no compression (as if you pulled the spark plugs out). Would take 5-10 minutes of cranking, until it would start to get compression & finally fire. Valves were adj. to specs, & timing belt replaced as per schedule. Only thing I could possibly think is that for whatever reason, the valves stuck in the head, thus the loss of compression. But all 4 cylinders at the same time? Car was highway driven and the under cover area was really clean, no sludge. Again, it only happened to me around 10 times in the 8 years/185k I owned the car. Any thoughts?  
  
 Thx,  
  
 Mark H