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ivan98 · 10-10-2008, 10:18 AM

During startup, as you insert the key and bring it to the "ON" position, there will be 6 chirps ("ting"), at a rate of 1 per second. By the 2nd chirp, the instrument panel would have been "initialized", and if you listen closely to the rear of the car, the fuel pump too would have been ready.

I make it a rule to crank after the full 6 chirps/seconds is up, and during times when I'm impatient (like 2-3 times a year), I crank after the 2nd second.

Am I paranoid? Any technical basis to crank only after the 2nd or 6th second?

(In case anyone's looking at me weird, I'm driving a JDM R18, closest equivalent to the EX).

10-10-2008, 10:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
ivan98 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3	6 secs of chirping during startup During startup, as you insert the key and bring it to the "ON" position, there will be 6 chirps ("ting"), at a rate of 1 per second. By the 2nd chirp, the instrument panel would have been "initialized", and if you listen closely to the rear of the car, the fuel pump too would have been ready. I make it a rule to crank after the full 6 chirps/seconds is up, and during times when I'm impatient (like 2-3 times a year), I crank after the 2nd second. Am I paranoid? Any technical basis to crank only after the 2nd or 6th second? (In case anyone's looking at me weird, I'm driving a JDM R18, closest equivalent to the EX).
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