# Hard start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-start/72980>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 10, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-start/72980 "2012-06-10T18:43:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-start/72980/1 "2012-06-10T18:43:52Z")

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Easy one . . . '93 Civic 1.5 manual starts first crank when cold but has trouble starting if you shut it off within 5-10 minutes of initial start. Just cranks and cranks, no start. Wait a half hour, starts right up. Warm start no problem, just that first 5 minutes after initial start. Gonna check it out today . . . first chance I’ve had to look at it. Suggestions? No other problems, drives and runs well, no stumble, good idle, mpg hasn’t changed, just this annoying issue. Rocketman

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-start/72980/2 "2012-06-10T19:21:20Z")

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I would change out the main fuel relay and see if it makes a difference. The relay is fairly inexpensive and tends to fail a lot on these Hondas. If the relay fails (usually intermittently) the engine will just crank and crank with no start. Sound familiar?

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-start/72980/3 "2012-06-10T21:09:01Z")

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+1 with missileman  
There are instructions out there on actually repairing them. It usually consists of a bit of simple soldering.

It could also be a leaky fuel injector, bleeding into the cylinder, flooding the engine. Make sure your fuel pressure isn’t too high.