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Hi All,

I have a 96 Civic Si (Canadian) which has a hard time starting when the engine is cold in the mornings.

When I start my car first thing in the morning, the engine fires up but within 1-2 seconds of starting, the RPMs drop and the engine stalls. I have been able to work around this so far by slightly holding down the pedal after I start the car to keep the engine at around 1,000 RPM... after holding it here for a few seconds, I can take my foot off the pedal and the engine will idle normally.

This problem only occurs when I first start my car every morning. Throughout the rest of the day, the car will start fine. Once the car has warmed up, I will not have this problem.

 
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Bump, I posted this last March. However, once the weather warmed-up this problem went away. Now, almost a year later, the weather has been getting very cold again and this problem is occuring again. Anyone know what could be causing these rough starts while cold? I have to hold the gas for about 10 seconds after cold starting so the engine won't stall.

 
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Try checking your fuel delivery, pump, filter, pressure, and injectors. My car does roughly the same thing but on a low tank, just too lazy to figure it out.

 
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our accord does the exact same thing. ive been told its prolly the main relay. open it up and resolder the connections.

 
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Well it's been 2 years since I made this post, but I have finally found out what was causing this problem!

I had a dirty IACV valve - I cleaned it using the instructions I found on another forum:

http://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum...leaning-62836/

Problem solved! My Civic is idling perfectly now.