06 SI..After reflash cold start

Robare · 11-18-2006, 04:52 PM

I had my SI reflashed a few months back and the cold start hesitation was drastically reduced......It seems that with the colder weather the hesitation is back to the way it was before the reflash.....Anyone else experiencing this?

dREsTrUcTiON · 11-18-2006, 05:03 PM

I'm having this issue as well.

06civicsiguy · 11-18-2006, 05:28 PM

My Si was having hesitation starting. i tried a few things diff gas and fuel levels above 1/2. but nothing heard there was a ecu reflash for rpm hang and rpm hestation when driving in 1st gear. I did the ecu reflash. its a joke did nothing, actually made my car slower. vtec doesnt pull as hard as it did b4.

Jester FPS · 11-18-2006, 05:32 PM

let the car warm up for a maximum of 30 seconds, drive around keeping rpm's below 3K as much as possible allowing the engine to warm up.

once the engine is warmed up (having all blocks filling up half of the temp monitor) let her rip!

problem solved.

dREsTrUcTiON · 11-19-2006, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester FPS

let the car warm up for a maximum of 30 seconds, drive around keeping rpm's below 3K as much as possible allowing the engine to warm up.

once the engine is warmed up (having all blocks filling up half of the temp monitor) let her rip!

problem solved.

This post explains everything. Don't let her idle too long - that does more damage than good because the engine stays cold longer.

kuziken · 11-19-2006, 04:29 PM

ummm....so you are saying that if i let my car at idle for 5 minutes before moving then that hurts the car....i dont believe this

jasongg06 · 11-19-2006, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kuziken

ummm....so you are saying that if i let my car at idle for 5 minutes before moving then that hurts the car....i dont believe this

It doesn't hurt the car, all it does is waste gas. Idle for no more than 1 minute, then just drive it slowly until it warms up to full temp.

11-18-2006, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Robare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Indiana Age: 39 Posts: 133 iTrader: 0 / 0%	06 SI..After reflash cold start I had my SI reflashed a few months back and the cold start hesitation was drastically reduced......It seems that with the colder weather the hesitation is back to the way it was before the reflash.....Anyone else experiencing this?

11-18-2006, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
06civicsiguy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 248 matt iTrader: 0 / 0%	cold start My Si was having hesitation starting. i tried a few things diff gas and fuel levels above 1/2. but nothing heard there was a ecu reflash for rpm hang and rpm hestation when driving in 1st gear. I did the ecu reflash. its a joke did nothing, actually made my car slower. vtec doesnt pull as hard as it did b4.

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11-18-2006, 05:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
dREsTrUcTiON Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 165 iTrader: 2 / 100%	I'm having this issue as well.

11-18-2006, 05:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jester FPS Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: California Age: 23 Posts: 1,257 iTrader: 6 / 100%	let the car warm up for a maximum of 30 seconds, drive around keeping rpm's below 3K as much as possible allowing the engine to warm up. once the engine is warmed up (having all blocks filling up half of the temp monitor) let her rip! problem solved.

11-19-2006, 04:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
kuziken Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: cburg,,PA Age: 29 Posts: 641 iTrader: 5 / 100%	ummm....so you are saying that if i let my car at idle for 5 minutes before moving then that hurts the car....i dont believe this