I think cold/hot/warm start may be very subjective, but we also have four seasons where I live (and temps fluctuate 20 degrees every few days), so a little clarity:

My issue started in February/March, when temps that I drive the truck are around 35-50, and somewhere between maybe 30-240 minutes between starts was required to prevent the extended crank.

As time went on, the length of time required to not have the extended cranking gradually increased, to the point where these last few weeks (85-90+ temps) I could leave the truck parked at work for 9 hours, and it’d still do extended crank when I re-started

Of course, correlation does not mean causation, but that’s the only evidence I have to go by.

 

@Mikes rx First of all, this is the internet
Please done use logical thinking here.

Dont tell anyone but i agree with everything you said

 

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