My guess is that extra time allows the capacitor in that module to come up
to full charge. Mine is the same as yours even though I have replaced that
cap. Go figure ;-)

John Meeks
'91 Multivan
Stock 2.1 250k miles

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On Oct 1, 2013 4:31 PM, "Bob Anderson" <ROBERTANDERSON294@comcast.net>
wrote:

> I was also having an issue with the blinking red light, until after trying
> all of the suggested remedies, I noticed that if I turn the key on and wait
> 5 seconds, before Starting the engine, the light stops blinking. If I don't
> wait the 5 seconds the light blinks. Simple as that!
> Hope this works for you,
> Bob A
> Massachusetts
> 86 GL
>