Why would a car take longer to crank (a few seconds) when it's been sitting over night or 6 or more hours vs after it been crank and drove and you go to re crank it it doesn't take as long starts right up
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because its cold?
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How old is your battery?
I had it tested it was good
It's normal for a cold engine, especially one in an older car to crank for a couple seconds before it starts to run. My 1999 Ford Ranger has 268k miles on it, and it cranks for about 2-3 seconds after sitting overnight before starting. Everything has to get moving, the computer needs to analyze the airflow data, tell the injectors they need to spray a specific amount of fuel into the cylinders, the spark plugs then need to ignite it, etc. Depending on the engine (I-3 vs V8 for example), another power stroke may not be for a couple rotations of the engine, and the engine needs be turned over to where it will initiate a power stroke. A V8 has power strokes way more often than the I-3. The starter also doesn't spin the engine anywhere near as fast as the engine spins when idling under its own power.
When the engine is hot and it was just running, any unburned fuel in the cylinders is still vaporized from the existing heat readily ignites when the ignition system is on and the engine is turned over. My Ranger will start within a second of turning it over if it's hot, sometimes I'm surprised it starts so fast.
Thanks everyone it 2012 fusion 2.5 4cyl