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Thanks for the reply socalsleeper! I tried the turning on of the ignition key, and then leaving it for some time (tried 5,10,20 seconds). Unfortunately, none of these starts were any different compared to not waiting at all. Regarding the bad injector, I doubt that too tbh, because I do not have any fuel smell and the engine bay is actually really clean. Also, whenever the car starts within a few hours of the "first" start, it's pretty much instant. I do believe that it is the pressure in the lines dropping, as the start becomes longer, the longer the car was off. Up to a certain extent ofcourse. I guess I'll have to live with it and see if the garage can fix it on the next maintenance, unless the seals of the pump or any other seals than the injector seals are easily replaced at home? Have a Nice weekend! Cheers

Thank you for all the quick and extensive replies! @Bluesuby; No idea how old they are. Regarding the warranty, I can always go back and see what they can/want to do for me. It's good to know now what probably causes it, so I can already tell them. @Socalsleeper and @SubOperator; Good to know that this could well be the issue! To replace those seals you mentioned, is that an ''easy'' fix, or do I need to remove a lot of other components to reach them? For the record, besides it being a bit of an inconvenience, this problem does not harm the engine in any way, also on the long run? @Max Capacity; I've been doing that ever since I got it! I guess I will take a little more time to put on my seatbelt as from now on

Hello all, I'm new to this forum. I already tried searching for this issue, but I couldn't really find a match. Could be because I am just not good at searching, so if that's the case, don't be afraid to shoot me. I recently bought a 4th gen Subaru Legacy 2.0R. The day after I picked it up, in the morning, it took quite some time to get the engine to start. At first I thought that this might be the battery, as the car had been at the dealership for over a year. But after 2 weeks of driving back and forth to work (approximately 1000km), with stretches of 200km at once, I still have the same issue. Every first start of the day, I need to crank for some 3-5 seconds. All other starts during that same day are pretty much instant. I just went to a local parts store, where they measured my battery. The results read: 12.87V and 446A (whereas the battery is only rated at 390A?). So according to these results, the battery is still good, and apparently even better than advertised. The guy from the store suspected that maybe the sparkplugs are dirty or that the fuel flows back into the tank overnight. He suggested to put the contact to ''on'' for a few seconds, then back off again. Then on again, wait a little while and then start. That way the fuel pump would have some time to get fuel upstream. I haven't tested this yet, as I only just got back from the shop, but I already wanted to ask this here, to see what else this could possibly cause, or if he's right, what I can do about this. As a side note; the temperature here (Belgium) has been between 2 and 16 degrees Celsius these 2 weeks, so not really cold I'd say. Many thanks in advance. If you need any more information, I'll be happy to provide that!