engine won't start when hot

Asked by tlcd Jul 30, 2011 at 07:29 PM about the 1990 Honda Civic Wagon 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

after driving vehicle it is hard to start up again, acts like it's not getting fuel to the
engine?

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Sounds like you have a bad cold start valve it may be stuck open so the problem isn't to little fuel its too much fuel this problem would be accompanied by poor fuel miliage, and high emissions best of luck

2 people found this helpful.

That kind of makes sense in my case. After the engine is hot it won't start and when I try to start it it just cranks and I smell gas.

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