I have a 2009 Honda Accord.  Over the past several months, I've noticed a grinding sound immediately after cold-starting the engine.  It only lasts for a fraction of a second, doesn't continue once the engine is running, and doesn't happen if I shut the engine off and start it again a few minutes later.

A little background:

The car has 92,000 miles on it.  I've noticed that it burns oil pretty quickly, so I keep an eye on it and make sure to add more if needed.  Most recently, I got an oil change with a high mileage synthetic, but that has not solved the issue.

Does anyone know what this could be?  Is it a big deal?  I'm obviously worried about damaging the engine.  Is this a major thing?  Or is it something I can live with, provided I don't mind the frightening noise that occurs on startup.

Any help you can give is greatly appreciated!


Question: How to enable desktop effects in VMware?
Answer: I think desktop effects will not run if it is not a recognized card. In my experienced, trying to run effects in a virtual machine has constantly failed. The reason may be because the video card inside the VM is not based on actual hardware.

Run this in the VM to check:

$ lspci | grep -i VGA | awk '{print "sudo lspci -knn -s "$1}' | bash