any of you peeps throw some light on a problem with my 1998 turbo 2000. it takes about 10/15 seconds of turnover to start. battery is fine as is the starter motor. i always wait till its primed. got the car with a decat in the boot and its got a dv but apart from that i would say its pretty much standard. bloke i got it off had a new cat for mot so i asume thats why the decat is in the boot. im thinking fuel but saying that i can here the pump prime. any help please?

anyone? i will put you on my christmas card list if you help me with this one. 

sounds like fuel pressure given what you have said plus given age of car anything over 5 years it is worth changing pump, another point to take into consideration is the size of the forum - we have an exceptional amount of quality input within this group however it is reflected within its size, we are comparatively new so please don't always expect an immediate response - as the forum grows this is changing though ;)  

Mine takes about 5 seconds to start , it was worse till I put a new fuel pump in

I was just being selly really. Its going into the garage tomorrow to have the problem sorted. I will keep you posted. Many thanks for the input so far !Removed!. ...sorry I mean guy's.

I would not rule out starter.