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Yep, the safest place at the moment is my own home.

Looooong weeks!

I was going to point that out but we Kiwis are too polite.

Mate, I am going to wash, polish and vacuum my baby like never before.

Yes we've been told four weeks, but I think it might be longer. My son and his partner moved in with us because they live in a small 1-bedroom apartment and we have a big house with heaps of room. AND he bought a new PS4 for our entertainment. Good boy eh!!

That has been suggested but they are trying to isolate people to stop community transmission of this bastard Chinese Communist Party virus.

Nothing like those beasts. Mostly GM-Opel product badged as a Commodore for the Australasian markets. Nothing exciting.

We're allowed out to the supermarkets and pharmacies, and for walking (or other exercise). That's it!!! Otherwise we have been instructed to stay off the roads and stay home. Virtually everything, except essential services, is closed down.

Cheers. It's crossed my mind already and it's only Day 1.

Life in Auckland, New Zealand today. Our Government has locked down the whole country.

Well it's all sorted. Some parts had to come from the USA so we had a short wait for those. Apparently the replacement tensioners were under a new part number which would indicate a superseded part (and hopefully an improved one). I dropped the car in on a Thursday afternoon and it was ready by...

I've got a lot of friends up in Canada skiing just now, having a ball they tell me. I'll keep you posted.

I would not be surprised if many owners never even hear that noise, or like you, think nothing of it. But I'm an old-school mechanic (although I left the trade nearly 40 years ago) and my ears are tuned in to car noises. And I'd have put money on that noise being caused by a belt or pulley...

I read that too, but that is their diagnosis in my case, and it's a warranty matter. Yours may never get any worse than a noise on cold start (maybe even mine), but it's a mechanical fault regardless. That's what warranties are for.

I'm less than 1 year into a 5 year warranty, so I have no worries. The TSB says 8.5 hours but my guy here reckons it could be anything up to double that. Plus there's a long list of parts as well, so it's a fairly costly repair.

And the winner is..... The service guys are confident this is the problem, but they've been instructed by Ford NZ to perform repairs as per the TSB, not replace the engine. The parts have to come from the USA which may take a couple of weeks. I'll will post about the outcome when the repairs...

I'm not sure what they've done, but I was assured that each belt had been isolated so I assume that includes the one that drives the A/C. They believe the noise is from the drivers side cylinder head area (don't forget, we're right-hand drive). There are a couple of tests they want to do before...

I will post the outcome; I should know by mid-next week or so.

It's interesting that you have heard it on the four cylinder. There must be some common componentry somewhere

Good question, but who knows. I'm not convinced an oil pressure relief valve issue could sound like this... https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/pulley-sound-when-cold.121044/ This is what mine sounds like.