Long Crank times

["Chi L. Wong" <montesawong@yahoo.com>]

Is 5-6 seconds of cranking considered a long crank
time?  (When I first bought my car it started within 3
seconds of cranking.)

Someone (Brett Dikeman?) suggested I clean out the
michellin man hose (I suppose thats the hose that comes
out of the intercooler towards the throttle body?)
here's what I found:  could only remove the side
closest to the intercooler, soaked up enough oil to
soak half a piece of paper towel.  It smelled like
gasoline but had no metal shards in it.

Not sure if this is related but the car feels slightly
less powerful now, not sure if I'm just getting used to
the power, the warmer weather or if I've got a real
problem (do I need a benchmark?)

Added 1 large bottle of Techron tonite to see if it
will help my cranking problem.

Other things I'm considering for further inspection:
injectors, O2 sensor, fuel check valves.

Chi
200 20v

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