Did you try the 45 second glow yet? If not, please stop wasting forum bandwidth.

You've posted that you try to start it after the light goes off, and that the light goes off at no more than 5 seconds, you're not glowing long enough for a cold engine.

Try this, and report back.

Also, reading your post it is difficult to discern whether you understand the pre-glow, seems like you might also be cranking your car immediately and not waiting for the glow light to go off (3rd paragraph in first post). Please clarify.

Key to position 2, glow-light on, wait 30seconds, turn to start position / crank, see if it starts normally. Report results.

If this changes the starting behaviour of your engine, then we have something to troubleshoot. If you want to pull parts and see the pretty glow, have at it.

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