Honda Repair: 1993 honda cold start, gas milage, fuel regulator

Question
When the tempature is cold around 40 degrees it will not start in the morning, When I try to start it first thing in the morning. It will turn over 5 or 6 times then it will try to fire up. I continue to try to start it and it will some times try to start and sputter then die. When it sputters I try to give it gas, then it just dies. After about 15 to 20 tries the battery is dead.I have replaced the battery and the starter. The battery was testrd and it had a bad cell. The starter was replaced 2 montha ago when it went bad. I bought the car about 5 months ago and the check engine light was on when I bought it. So it has alwasy been on since I have had the car. The speedometer does not work on it. The 02 sensor was replaced, but the wires were backwards and did not have very good gas milage when it was hooked up. Switched the wire leads and the car gets a lot better milage now. It is reliable as long as it is not cold. When it does start on a cold day, it does not have any problems for the rest of the day until the next morning, It does seem to flood out and not start on occasion. When it does not start on a cold day you can smell the gas, like it is flooded. Please any suggestions will be greatly appriciated. It is kind of hard to go to work when it will not start on a cold day.I am going to replace the fuel filter next when I get the money. How do I check the fuel regulator ? How do I check the distributor. I replaced the coil, when you look into the wire connection the bass connector in the coil looked burnt so I replaced it. I also replaced the rotor cap wires and plugs when I first bought the car.

Answer
Richard, you have some issues going on here. First you have to check, evaluate, and repair those check engine codes. That is first and foremost. You can do this for free in your own garage and does not cost you a dime for diagnostics. (Just 'Google' check trouble codes and the year, make, model of your car.) Once these have been exaluated and cleared from the computer's (ECU) memory this will solve about 50% of the problems on the cold start-up.

Battery's, starters, and alternators are connected and work with one another. Since you replaced the battery and starter recently, was the alternator tested for proper output? You can remove this yourself and take in for testing at a local auto parts retailer for free. Or drive the entire vehicle down to an alternator, battery, and starter shop which they will have the preferred tool for this diagnostic.

Fuel pumps are notorious on these vehicles for failing. There is also a main relay that will go bad too. Whichever i would recommend replacing these along with the fuel filter. This should keep you busy for a while let me know if this helps you out!