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1996 honda civic cx not starting like usual

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Old 08-27-2012 | 10:03 AM
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Default 1996 honda civic cx not starting like usual

always the car starts , fires first time..,.now it only starts on 2nd turn of the ingition key! takes a few minutes of driving , then all smooth...feels like cylinders not all firing nicely till then...trouble light came on with the following errors:
p0420 p0301 p0302 p0304 p1300 ..all saying something about cylinder 1 2 4 misfire detected fuel and air metering ignition system mis fire....what can I do?? what needs cleaning or replacing??? thanks for any tips! motor at 370,000 kms runs well once going....
 
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Old 08-27-2012 | 02:19 PM
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sounds like you have low fuel pressure change the fuel pump and filter and run some fuel system cleaner to clean the injectors.
 

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Old 08-27-2012 | 06:42 PM
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Default honda 1996 cx not starting on first attempt thanks

thanks I will look into getting a pumpo and see if it is this I'll let you know the progress..thankyou very much
 
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