I have a 91 Civic with 114000 miles. When I start the car when its cold (sitting all day or night) everything is fine. The car starts easy and runs perfectly. However if I drive it for 10-15 minutes and shut the engine off it is very hard to restart. When I try to restart it the engine turns over ok but there is a TON of white smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. The only way I can get the car to start is to hold the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor while cranking the engine. I have to do this about 10 seconds before the car will start and the white smoke continues for another minute or two before clearing up. Again, once the car is running its runs great. I had a small crack in the top radiator tank which did cause the car to overheat briefly but I was able to add coolant quickly to cool the car down. I have since replaced the radiator. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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18 years ago