so , to make sue , it cranks no problem but takes s bit to fire up and start ?

Common issue, Decarbon valves,also know as direct injection service

Thanks. Good ol’ direct injection carbon issues. Uggh. Yup, found this Service Bulletin on it:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...37635-9999.pdf

Cycle the key on and off a few times before trying to start it. If that helps, then your fuel pressure in the system is bleeding off.

Even at their new facility? Have heard some horror stories over the years also. Especially with water in their diesel.

It does start or roll over with more effort however I put that off to the cold oil etc. I also thought the new battery would solve but didn’t. Might need to test the starter to see how many amps it drawing. ???

Tks 🤨

Will do that in the morning. I’ve been meaning to ck such but forgetting. Or even pause before cranking over.

We have a 2018 equinox with the 1.5L DI turbo motor (wife's buggy, but surprisingly peppy/nimble for something smaller than a Pepsi bottle and 33 mpg everywhere it goes). Brand new even that thing would get carbon buildup in the cylinders and cause misfires/CEL when you stomped on it for first time in a while. Just like the Ford Eco-boost would get early on (that sometimes caused rods to exit the block stage-left). Dealership replaced plugs/coils and tested injectors and it still happened. Argued with the service manager about oil deposits and pre-ignition but they denied it, looked at me like I was crazy. Another friend at same dealership agreed with me and said to change every 3,000 miles to prevent (sorry, that is so overkill on synthetics anymore). Was running on the complimentary dealership GM Dexos oil changes at that time. When those were gone, I switched to Valvoline synthetic oil and it would still happen occasionally but far less. Running Mobil 1 now and it hasn't happened since that was put in and this thing is run about 7,000 miles between changes (usually when oil life meter gets to 0% then about another 1,000 miles haha). These new engines are extremely sensitive to oil and its propensity to leave deposits, also proves that good ole Mobile 1 is still one of the best shelf oils, and the Valvoline syn is no slouch in tests either.

Good to know - yup it’s ready for a change a month ago btw. Glad you mentioned. I bought the car in a rush site unseen as I was desperate however pretty impressed with the get up and go and comfort ride. I think I get closer to 16-17 mph.