Coz the fuel pump may not have primed the system until that
light goes off.

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"alan" <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ccp62c$ale$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> why?
>
> Jafir Elkurd wrote:
> > Do you wait for the check engine light to go off before you start
cranking?
> >
> > "alan" <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:cclohj$qq$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> >
> >>97 integra
> >>
> >>Even when the fuel pump is primed, I still have instances where it
takes
> >>about a half dozen cranks (~3 seconds)to start the engine. I am
> >>wondering if this is normal? My former Civic usually started with
less
> >>than 3 cranks.
> >
> >
> >