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Old 05-18-2008, 10:54 AM   #7 (permalink)
extragoode
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Ok, the key cycling thing didn't work. I tried it twice. The first time a couple times, the last time, a whole bunch of times. I can't hear anything from the engine, but that could be because of the extremely loud beeping my truck makes when you turn the key on, yeah the airbag says it's still going to work and by the way, you don't have your seatbelt on yet!

Now that you mention it, it does take a longer crack on a cold start. Not much, maybe 1.5-2 seconds instead of .5-1 second. And I've noticed that it takes more to get the engine started again on glides that are more than .5 miles or so, or if I sit at a long light, 2-3 minutes, with engine off. What does that mean? Obviously, it's taking more energy to start it cold than warm, duh, but is there anything I can do about it?
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