With all the rain we ended up with, we forgot to go for a drive in mine.
I pointed out all that sound insulation I had fitted, and I reckon yours felt both smoother and quieter than mine too.
Plus the expectation that with those muddies, I was expecting at least some roughness and howling from underneath too.
You should take a 90's hilux diesel for a spin one day just for a laugh .. to understand why the Disco was regarded so highly in it's time.
As I remember the diesel rattle noise it makes is due to the direct injection design of the times, so while it may seem rough, back then that was considered avant garde in it's day.
My dad's 62 series cruiser diesel was much rougher from the get go(second hand, but far fewer klms than our D1s currently have).
Half the go that our Tdi's currently have(granted not a turbo, but still a 4.2 lit lump of boat anchor.
He had new injectors fitted which helped with it's smoke issue, but did nothing for power. I never drove it far enough to determine it's economy for the way I drive .. dad's a Uranium footed driver .. lead far too light and gold too expensive .. but Uranium is about heavy enough for his right boot
He used to get between 6.5 and 7 km/lt!
The only thing it had over the Disco's direct injection was that it's indirect diesel rattle(the typical clack clack diesel sound you hear from a diesel) was much quieter.
So at about 1500 - 2K RPM all you really hear was a droney exhaust sound, rather than the Tdi diesel rattle.
In the end that 'ol
bruiser ended up going to a good cause ... a pseudo chook shed.
And don't be shy about finding noises on the vehicle too.
I started hearing a rattly metallic sound coming from under and the rear of mine after my recent drive.
To me it sounds like a loose-ish brake cover doodad(which reminds me .. must pulls wheels and check brakes this coming week too).
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