# 1992 Honda Civic acts like the choke doesn't work

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 15, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067 "2008-05-15T19:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kennedy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@kennedy4](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kennedy4)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067/1 "2008-05-15T19:25:16Z")

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My 1992 civic 1.5l has fuel injection and all of a sudden it acts like whatever replaces the choke in a fuel injection engine doesn’t work any more. Harder starting when cold and hesitating when cold. Where do I look???

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067/2 "2008-05-15T19:27:04Z")

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The coolant temperature sensor for the engine management system (some cars have two, the other being for the temperature gauge).

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067/3 "2008-05-15T21:44:59Z")

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Your vehicle has three coolant temp sensors. One for the engine management, one for the temp gauge/light on the dash, and one for the electric radiator cooling fan.

Low fuel pressure can also cause this type of problem.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Xebadaih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d07c76/32.png) [@Xebadaih](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Xebadaih)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-honda-civic-acts-like-the-choke-doesnt-work/14067/4 "2008-05-16T04:42:24Z")

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Hard starting and hesitation? Had a tune up lately?