Thread: Are TD5's the noisiest diesel engines ever?

If you want loud, try driving a 300Tdi without the cover over the gearbox.

I did that briefly after some work on the gearbox to give me one last chance to check for oil leaks and so on.

I had done it a few times before on the 4cyl petrol Series III and the loudest noise was the whining of the gears.

In the 300Tdi, the noise from the engine was unimaginable loud. That sound deadening material on the underside of the gearbox cover must be pretty good stuff.

Originally Posted by bee utey

Nah surely the Isuzu 3.9 must take the cake, you can hear one coming a mile away.

Any isuzu is loud. Listen to any Rodeo idling. :O Sound like they going to fall apart.

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Andrew


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Originally Posted by Shamo

Personally i love my TD5 noise, i don't think it's too noisey at all... well it wasn't until I played with the exhaust one arvo......
YouTube- 001.MOV Have been playing around with mufflers and such to see which noise i like best... getting there... Shamo

Hijack - Shamo,

001.MOV is with no exhaust at all? And the second vid, is that with a middle muffler but the rear removed? What's next...straight through?

Peter

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Any isuzu is loud. Listen to any Rodeo idling. :O Sound like they going to fall apart.

Dad had a RA (?) Rodeo with the 2.8L Turbo diesel (non intercooled). Can you say rattle ?? It was a distinctive sound, just like a Td5 is distinctive ... we can pick the 2.8 just from the sound it makes...

Now he's got an Isuzu D-Max with the 3.0TDI ... what a beast! ... it doesn't rattle or sound anything like the older 2.8. It's a pretty sweet engine and goes like a stung pig!!

Kev..

Originally Posted by Signal1

Hijack - Shamo,

001.MOV is with no exhaust at all? And the second vid, is that with a middle muffler but the rear removed? What's next...straight through?

Peter

yes in the first vid it is dumping under the front seat,

I have 3" mandrel system exiting at the rear with 3 bends in the whole system you can hear it coming many blocks away. .

You blokes don't know what noisy is! When I was a kid, most of the trucks in the area were 3 cylinder Commer diesels. They were known as "knockers", and not because they were nice to look at! They really were noisy.