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From: [email protected] (THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO !!!)
Subject: Re: MR2 - noisy engine.
>Eliot is right about 2.2 liter engine in the second (and last) generation
>MR2's. But the original guy did not indicate the year of his MR2. If it's a
>first generation car (like my '85), it has 1.6 liter engine (or perhaps
>same engine with a supercharger, if it's '87 -'89).
>The sound he describes is common to any older Toyota engine I ever heard.
>I don't know the relevance of his observations about oil changes, my simply
>makes noise. Not all that annoying, mind you. But you hear it well when the
>engine is right behind your left ear :-)
>Mike.S
Sorry 'bout that - Mine is a '91 model non-turbo 2.0. (with ABS and revised
suspension (whatever revised means)). I'm in Australia, so we always seem to
get the versions without extras which the Europeans and Americans get as
standard.
My query is, - why does the noise get noticeably LOUDER about 2-3 months after
an oil change. I just find it a bit wierd that this happens. Is it the oil I'm
using (Mobil 1) or is it the engine (the 3S-GE version/model) ie. gets
noiser the older the oil is (I'm only guessing).
Its not annoyingly distressing or anything, but just slightly puzzling.
Puzzled.