[venue1947]

this is what I've been doing especially on very cold days and started doing probably for the last 40 or more years, and especially when all the changes started with the smog changes in vehicles...what I do is turn on the ignition key to the point where the next turn will start the car, and by doing so, I hear the fuel pump pumping the gas to the engine and when I no longer hear the fuel pump, I then turn the key all the way and start the car...like I said, the changes in the smog regulations have made may changes on fuel delivery and how our vehicles run etc...one of the changes was our fuel lines would no longer have fuel in them once the vehicle was shut off and vehicles had return lines back to the tank, and many vehicles has the fuel pump in the fuel tank, so when starting our vehicles there's about a second or so before the engine has a full supply of gas running to the engine.

I found doing this procedure helped the vehicles start easier and over the long run be easier on the parts, especially when I was working and using work vans, and with my job I was using a work van almost 7 days a week, because I was also on call 24/7 on my job, and I did a lot of stopping and starting my van's engine every day at work.

This is just one of those things we can do to help with the care and longevity of our vehicles...what I do with my Venue, I push the start button without my foot on the brake the first time and then again push the start button the second time, and I hear the fuel pump doing it's job, which takes about a second or so, and then I put my foot on the brake and push the start button again and the engine starts.

Doing this on a vehicle like my Venue is less pronounced then on a work vehicle like my work van, and as well when I start my Camaro this way, I can really see a difference when the car starts because of it needing a large fuel supply at start up and while running than my Venue.

 

[imaddicted2u]

One thing about today's fuel pump systems is, unless there is a leak, there is always full fuel pressure at the fuel injectors. There is no delay to build pressure or supply fuel when the fuel pump starts. When the engine stops the fuel injectors close, the Venue fuel pump and pressure regulator are in the gas tank. When the pump stops the check valve in the pump closes to hold the pressure on the system and stop fuel from running back to the tank, waiting for the next start.
The cars we grew up with had return lines, mechanical fuels pumps and pressure regulators. Along with carburetors with mechanical chokes, these were far more finicky than what we are driving today.