2000 LX is hard to start
 

Hello I'm new here and I'm having the same issue I turn my car on and I drive it around and when I get home and turn off the car I doesn't want to turn on. it sounds like it wants to but it doesn't it sounds like the car is choking on gas, i've replaced spark plugs, spark wires, distributor cap, distributor rotor and even fuel pump and car still does the same thing I really need help ASAP!!!

Re: Engine cranks, no start, no codes
 

Year, model, trim? Engine?

Re: Engine cranks, no start, no codes
 

2000 Honda civic LX 1.6L

Re: Engine cranks, no start, no codes
 

idk if it could be the ignition coil cause when the car finally turns on after 5 min of trying to start it, it smells like pure gas.

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

Moved to a new thread because your car is a generation older than the thread you first posted in

Is it hard to start while the engine is hot? Is this an immediate restart hot, or do you have to wait a short period of time before it gets hard to start?

Is the check engine light on? Got codes?

Got a scanner or app with data list?

Does it start easier if you hold the gas pedal to the floor during cranking?

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

to turn the car on in the morning I would have to keep turning the key until it starts but once it starts it smells like gas (starter is good did a check at autozone) once I drive the car for lets say 1-3hr or more I turn the car off for 5 min and go and try and turn it on, the car turns on on the first try but still sounds like its choking but if I leave the car off for about 30 min or so the car will sometimes drain my battery of how many times I try to turn it on and it doesn't and there is no check again light on.

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and when I try to turn it on it sounds like its about to turn on but when I let go of the gas pedal and the switch the car turns off. I keep thinking it might have to do with the ignition module or the ignition coil.

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Need help ASAP!!

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

Do you mean the engine just didn't start?

or do you mean the gauges and dash lights all turned off as though someone turned the key all the way back to off instead of 'run'?

If the latter, that's probably a bad ignition switch (electrical portion)

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

Yeah i mean like the car is about to turn on and i let go so that way the car can turn on but instead of turning on it turns off(didnt start). Today i replaced the ignition coil and ignition Module and still the same thing. Could a bad Coolant Temperature Sensor also be the cause of this?

also the spark plugs are really wet with fuel and the spark plugs look really burnt

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

"Yeah" what? Which part of my questions gets this "yeah" answer?

You really need to provide more details that "draw a clear picture" for the reader.
There's about 271 different things that have to happen, in order, before an engine will run on its own....and the more detailed observations you can provide, the better we can understand the issue. Sometimes video helps too.

Poor running/rich running can make the plugs black and sooty, even if they are new.

Flooding? Sure.
Be aware there are 3 different temperature sensors, only one of those is used by the computer.

If you had a scanner with datalist you could view exactly what the computer thinks the temp sensor is reading.

Re: 2000 LX is hard to start
 

I fixed it!! I changed the Coolant Temp Sensor, spark plugs, PCV valve and took out the throttle body and cleaned it with carb cleaner and now it turns on like a champ!

Thanks and sorry for poor info im not good at this lol