I'm having problems with my civic, it's a 1995 honda civic ex. Only mod is a ram air intake. The other night it didn't want to start for me at all. The next morning it didn't want to start until like five tries. Now it's on a pretty regular basis of starting the second try. It turns over but just wont crank. I've recently replaced the fuel pump and the fuel filter. Not because of this problem, but that may rule out some possible causes. ANY help on this would be greatly appreciated seeing as how this is my only form of transportation back and forth to work and I need to be able to rely on it.
One more problem I've been having that I would like to address, rather sooner than later, is that my temp gauge has been fluctuating between a quarter (normal operating temp for my civic) and a half. I'll just be driving along and the temp gauge will reach a half for no apparent reason, and then after about 60 seconds it will return to a quarter, then after a few minutes it may return to half. At first I blamed the hot weather for this, but it's doing it at night as well. I drained the radiator and replaced with all new coolant. Still nothing. My lower radiator hose is flat sometimes when the car is off and has cooled down, but when it's running it's flowing coolant just fine. Not sure if that's significant but I figured I'd throw it out there. Also, the reservoir is bypassed due to a crack in the reservoir. I don't think that is the problem seeing as how it's been by-passed for a while, and it's only started to do this recently.
Once again, any and ALL help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT: regarding the problem with starting I've also recently replaced the ignition coil, and done a full tune-up. (Plugs, wires, cap, button, etc.)
One more problem I've been having that I would like to address, rather sooner than later, is that my temp gauge has been fluctuating between a quarter (normal operating temp for my civic) and a half. I'll just be driving along and the temp gauge will reach a half for no apparent reason, and then after about 60 seconds it will return to a quarter, then after a few minutes it may return to half. At first I blamed the hot weather for this, but it's doing it at night as well. I drained the radiator and replaced with all new coolant. Still nothing. My lower radiator hose is flat sometimes when the car is off and has cooled down, but when it's running it's flowing coolant just fine. Not sure if that's significant but I figured I'd throw it out there. Also, the reservoir is bypassed due to a crack in the reservoir. I don't think that is the problem seeing as how it's been by-passed for a while, and it's only started to do this recently.
Once again, any and ALL help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT: regarding the problem with starting I've also recently replaced the ignition coil, and done a full tune-up. (Plugs, wires, cap, button, etc.)
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