Damn, I been away a while

Mannn,
LOL. I thought everytime I pulled up the homepage, and I never saw the 7G, 8G, etc forums that the site was down lol. Anyways, I installed a CAI (MAS Adapter from procarparts.com, Intake Pipe from AutoZone for 93-99 Civic, and Generic Cone Filter from Autozone. Oh, and a 4"-3" plumbing adapter from Home Depot.

Now, my car is STILL having warm start problems. When I pull over and turn it off, like when I get gas or something, my car wont start and when it finally does start theres a lot of black smoke like its flooding. The only mod is the CAI. When its cold it starts up fine,, or if I lewt it sit for like 10 mins. I need to get it to an AutoZone ASAP, but the closet ones are in DC and Manassas VA. I'm budgeting like crazy right now, so I probably won't get a chance to get out there till next weekend. But when I do I will post what the ECU codes tell me. Maybe someone on here will have a clue. I also need to do the timing belt (I got 75,000 miles on her so far) pretty soon. Any volunteers???

Hmm, sounds like your computer is still trying to prime you for a cold start, even when the engine is already warm. Somewhat like a choke on an old carbureated car. Umm, I don't like working on electrical stuff when I can avoid it, so I really don't know what to tell you about how to go about rectifying the problem. I assume the problem is only during a warm start, meaning after you start it the problem is gone till the next time you go for a warm start? Yeah, maybe someone with a higher comfort level with auto electronics will be able to help you more. As for the timing belt, I replaced 5 this summer, and I just don't feel like doing any more. But, it's not like it's difficult. Something you can do with simple tools in your driveway in about 4 hours. I think on mine it took me around 8 hours, mostly because I was screwing around and I went inside and watched TV whenever it got too hot. Hope that helps. And welcome back.

Kain,
Yeah, my analysis was that it keeps flooding for some reason, I just have to figure otu WHY. When I get the ECU read I definately will post the codes. I havent been disconnecting the battery to reset the ECU anymore either lol so I know the codes are in there.

paulbunyan

Double check your work on the TB mod. If that cable it too tight it might be holding the flange open and hence causing the car to flood. Just a thought.

Josh, if that was the case, then it would rev higher at idle.

I'm wondering if the MAF/MAS is working properly. If it doesn't work or giving a wrong signal, then your ECU might not think it's there and will give it as much gas as it can, causing it to richen out. But I still don't think that sounds like the problem you're having.

All,
Thanks for the comments. I thought that 1st s well. I thought maybe I had the TB cable too tight and that it was letting fuel into the intake while the car was turned off, hence causing it to flood. But I loosened up my TB cable big time, to the point where I had a lil bit of slack in it and it was idling at about 6-700, but that didnt help either.

paulbunyan