Originally Posted by
dinasrt
A possibility is the fuel pump check valve going bad, not holding any pressure to the rail would cause a longer wait time to fire up the injectors. Try turning the key to the on position(no cranking)for 5 sec.'s, before trying to crank/fire it up. Does that help? If that doesn't help, then the problem is something else. Good luck.
I just tried this and after waiting 5 seconds the car started right away.
Before I cranked the engine, I heard this noise like as if the pump was trying to pump(?) followed by a knocking noise which subsided in about 5 seconds. Does that sound like what you were describing?