[thamlin000]

Alright guys, my 944 is having problems starting.

It cranks and after a few trys, it turns over. But.....when it finally turns over, it makes a load "grinding" sound and I immediatly shut it off. Now, this car did not have any previous starting issues, it always started up immediatly, hot or cold. So this was a surprise when I had to crank it several times to get started, and a much worse surprise to hear the grinding sound when it finally did start up.

Could this grinding sound be coming from the starter? Or is there anything else that is causing this problem.

Thanks for any input.

p.s: The t-belt was replaced last January and retensioned last month.