Engine scraping and delyed start

Tiny
MICHAEL P WOODFINE
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  • 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT
  • 4 CYL
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 175,000 MILES
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)
Thursday, August 31st, 2017 AT 10:15 AM

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Tiny
KEN L
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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?
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Monday, September 4th, 2017 AT 11:54 AM
Tiny
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
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Friday, September 8th, 2017 AT 4:25 AM
Tiny
KEN L
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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.
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Friday, September 8th, 2017 AT 7:02 PM
Tiny
KEN L
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Still there? Got the upload feature working please upload a video so I can see whats going on?
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Thursday, September 14th, 2017 AT 10:23 AM

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