04 Honda Civic Starts Hard After Head Gasket Job
Hello, I have a 04 honda civic 1.7 auto with about 240k miles on it. The car had a bad head gasket. I do all my own repair work and I am very mechanical. The car has always started right up every time and ran great. I just did a head gasket job on the car, new timing belt and everything that goes along with it. I resurfaced the head and put it all back together by the manual. New spark plugs. Now that the car is back together it has been hard to start. It cranks for like 5-10 seconds before it starts. Sometimes it starts right up, but usually cranks alot before starting. I also put a new cam and crank sensor in because I thought that maybe that was causing the issue. The hard starting is the same before and after the new cam and crank sensor. It never did this before I did the head gasket job. I have checked 3 times to make sure all the timing marks are lined up. And once the car starts, it runs perfectly. I have put probably 100 miles on the car since I did the head gasket job. I got a check engine light on after about 50 miles for egr valve flow issue which I didnt have before, but its the original egr valve at 240k miles so could be getting stuck. I dont think that would cause this. I cleared the code and hasnt come back yet. No issues running at all just the hard starting. Now today I went to get gas. It started hard this morning and then after I got gas I couldn't get it started. Had to have it towed back to my house. I tried after it cooled down and still wont start. It just cranks.
Any thoughts on what might be going on?
Thanks for your help
Jon
