Which is why I originally stated: "Even when the fuel pump is primed..."

Graham W wrote:

> Coz the fuel pump may not have primed the system until that
> light goes off.
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>>why?
>>
>>Jafir Elkurd wrote:
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>>>Do you wait for the check engine light to go off before you start
>
> cranking?
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>>>"alan" <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>97 integra
>>>>
>>>>Even when the fuel pump is primed, I still have instances where it
>
> takes
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>>>>about a half dozen cranks (~3 seconds)to start the engine. I am
>>>>wondering if this is normal? My former Civic usually started with
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> less
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>>>>than 3 cranks.
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