Noisy 3.5 motor

Has anyone tried sound insulation on their 3.5 L Tacoma? My brother thought it was a diesel by the noise! Also annoying when idling at stop lights.

 

First I've heard of this

 

It really brings out a nervous tick

 

Welcome to the forum. Now sit right back and hear a tale, a tale of a noisy motor! Here’s the stock answer.... it’s normal.

 

OP it is the injector cleaning cycle. Normal.

 

It kinda sucks, these things are noisy for the first 300,000 miles.

 

Tacoma engines have never been quiet but they run forever, turn up the radio and you are GTG.

 

Pour gear oil in the crankcase. Or SAE 70 motor oil..................NO don't do that.

Yeah, two engines a row, noisy as NOISE. 2014 WRX, 2019 Tacoma 3.5. Not much you can do.

 

Just piss off the spouse, it’s damn quiet now, right when you want to hear it.

 

Guess you haven't drive a jeep lol, tacoma sounds amazing compared to that thing.

 

Trade it get a Tesla

 

3.5 noisy? My brother just commented yesterday when i pull in his driveway how quiet and smooth the engine was in my tacoma.

 

Honestly lately, I've been turning down the radio. The combo of a few cheap things on the intake and exhaust plus the current tune, and it seems to have a nice tone to it. I might have a screw loose or a bit of self-justification, but I like it. It's certainly no Coyote 5.0 or no Jag F-type but pleasant enough for me.

 

2015 WRX you mean? The 2.0DiT is a sweet motor on the feels and output side, but they lost the boxer rumble.

 

"The Prius is silent if you keep it under 25mph, he deserves the win".

 

What did you drive before this?

 

2014 2.5L sounds like a bucket of bolts at idle. Off idle fine. I had a 2014.

 

Interesting. I don't think I ever heard a bad sounding EJ? Stock or modded. The FAs and FBs just don't have it to my ears.

 

Stock motor.