starter motor or solenoid issue?

[pancholi]

CTT 2004 78Kmiles.

car starts up first time..there is no chugging or struggle to start up.

but first thing when cold/over night, the starter still whirrs for about half a second as if still engaged to the crank..

when the engine is warm , there is no issues

could this be a bad return spring or solenoid problem or failing starter or weak battery?

any advice on what action to take please?

( the coolent tubes are aluminium and changed a while back by previous owner)

cheers

[rizzo]

My 04S with 117K miles has done this for 5 years.

Not planning to do anything until it fails.

[jagman1]

My '04 has been doing this for years as well. It doesn't always happen, but is worse in cold weather. 102k miles

[EleCTriCT]

porsche / vw / audi starters commonly make a whirling/zinging after run noise..

Like mentioned above they can run like that for years or be replaced for piece of mind or for eliminating the noise.

[pancholi]

cheers all..

i will leave it alone and save the money for the next issue that arises..

thanks