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It's flooding, like Mike said. The manual tells you how to get it to
start faster. The cure is to clean out the dribbling injector, which the
Techron will hopefully do. I used two tanks of Gasohol in my Odyssey and
it cured the exact same problem.

Overnight flooding. You'll notice it blows a puff of black smoke too,
and might 'chug' a bit when it finally starts. The 6 cyl is less
affected by this phenomenon but the 4 banger can be dead in the water if
you don't know what the manual says about flooded Hondas.

'Curly'

I just bought a used 2002 4 door, automatic civic LX, low mileage and would
like to know what might be a probable cause with starting the car. Anytime I
try to start the car when it has been off for a good night, it will take at
least 6 to 10 starter revs before the cars starts. However, if I restart the
car a few minutes after or even after a few hours, the car starts normally
within 2-3 starter revs. I thought that I might have a fuel issue that when
the car has been sitting for the night, gas would go back into the tank and
it would take a few starter revs before the gas came back to the engine. Is
there something I should have checked. Fuel pressure regulator, leaks ???

I naturally asked the dealer about this and they just replied that was
normal. Screw them, I know that 6-10 starter revs is too long for a car to
start. I would live with that during the winter below freezing but not
during this time of year. Any help or guidance would be appreciated