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!