Car starting problems

Tiny
AMARCBE
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  • 2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 127,000 MILES
Hi. I have a 2004 hyundai elantra. It has run 127K miles. I started my car after keeping it idle for one day in the outside cold winter. It took around 2-4 seconds before the engine started up. When it did, there was a small grinding noise and there was some amount of smoke coming from the muffler behind. After leaving it running for a while, I switched off the car, waited for a couple of minutes and then restarted the car. The second time, it started perfectly normal. There was no sound and there was no excessive smoke coming out as well. I am confused. Is this an indication that there might be some issues inside?
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 AT 4:44 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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  • 75,992 POSTS
Do you have a check engine light and when was the last tune-up? Could be just the cold weather
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 AT 4:49 PM
Tiny
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No. I do not have any check engine light coming up. I am not sure what you mean by tune-up. But a couple of days before, I had my regular oil-service done.
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 AT 5:06 PM

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