This is probably already revealing how old some of us are, but we remember that we had to start our cars by turning the key and waiting to hear the engine “catch”. At that point you knew the engine was ok to proceed, and if you stopped turning the key it wouldn’t die.
How does the starter today (push button) know all this, and it never seems to get it wrong? I have never heard a push button starter fail to get it right unless some other issue like dead battery, etc. (and btw, today’s engines seem to have so far fewer issues like we used to have)
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Well, the ECU knows when the engine is running. It keeps the starter going until it senses that the engine is running.
If you disconnect the fuel line from the engine and hit the push start button, it’ll keep trying to crank the engine for a while.
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