teg trouble. . .

[swaythecoupe]

i have a friend who has an integra that has trouble starting. it doesnt happen all the time but when it does the car will turnover but doesnt crank. he's been usin starter fluid and that works sometimes but not all the time. checked the vaccum lines too, sumone told me that might have been the problem. any ideas? by the way its a 1990 ls

[civic95]

When does it have trouble starting? After sitting a long time, or does it do it on short trips too (meaning the car was running atleast 1 hr before the problem).

[swaythecoupe]

nah its after about an hour or so weve been usin starter fluid and it usually works.

[civic95]

sounds like fuel is not staying in the line from the pump to the throttle body. Using starter fluid to crank it makes it pull fuel back thru the line via vacumm. I had this problem before, and after a lot of part replacing it was the fuel pump. Basically when you shut the car off, there is a valve at the fuel pump that closes, and keeps fuel in the line (instead of draining back into the tank). That valve went bad. Maybe he has the same problem. It's def fuel related if starter fluid is required. I would replace the fuel pump.

[Don Luis]

where is this valve at do you remeber by chance? is in the tank with the pump or out of the tank

[§treet_§peed]

also, you might not wanna use starter fluid to much because you can cause the car to become dependent on it. like starving it for either. atleast that works like that for most cars.

[civic95]

where is this valve at do you remeber by chance? is in the tank with the pump or out of the tank

My problem was with a nissan, it was inside the fuel pump where the line connected. It wasn't repairable, I had to buy a whole pump.