Engine scraping and delyed start

2007 CHEVROLET COBALT
175,000 MILES • 4 CYL • AUTOMATIC
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MICHAEL P WOODFINE
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The car takes longer to start. It turns over but takes a few seconds to catch. Also a scraping noise is present after it is started constantly (idling or acceleration)
Aug 31, 2017 at 10:15 AM
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It sounds like you have a starter motor that is going bad. Does it seem like the starter is turning the engine to slow that's why it takes longer to start?
Sep 4, 2017 at 11:54 AM
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MICHAEL P WOODFINE
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The starter isn't turning the engine too slow. And it will start every time i try, just with a more than normal delay. Dont want it to get worse
Sep 8, 2017 at 4:25 AM
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We are getting a video upload feature on Monday so you can take a short vid of the problem which will help me see whats going on. I hope you can wait that long.
Sep 8, 2017 at 7:02 PM
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Still there? Got the upload feature working please upload a video so I can see whats going on?
Sep 14, 2017 at 10:23 AM