Hi all,

Please be so kind to help me.. I am a new owner of 92 Civic SI 5spds with 110k miles. Unfortunately, the previous owner didnt tell me one problem with the car, it has hard time firing up the engine (during cold start)

If I were to let the car sit for a while (more than 20 min), it seems like my engine having a hardtime to fire up. When i turn the key, cranking sounds normal, but engine simply would not fire up.. It would take about 5 ~ 9 tries (crank, stop, crank, maybe give it a little gas, repeats). If i kept cranking it, i would just keep cranking without engine firing up (once a blue mood, it would fire up that way, but very rarely)..

Once the engine fired up, i can stop the engine and fire it right up with 1 crank (which is what it should be, start up immediately)... The car would drive normally...

I use only 91 octane gas (yup CA special) after i got the car..

Can someone please help me... What might be the problem? What should i be looking into?

Bad ignition wire? spark plugs? bad cap & rotor? bad fuel pump? Bad/weak battery? (fuel filter was replaced a while ago.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance..

-jc.