Horrid start-up noise

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by pothole

It does . But is it the chain? Could it be something else? It completely disappears after a few seconds...

Don't know the answer to your question, but I think mine does the same thing very briefly when I start her. It's a little hard to characterize, since it lasts only like a second. I assumed it was no big deal...

[pothole]

Yup, mine has always been a bit noisy on start - but only very briefly, so hard to know if this is a completely new noise or the old noise lasting five seconds rather than a second or so. But I think it's a new noise.