Oil & Fuel tell me I am paranoid... BX25 excessive diesel knock?

[charlz]

My 32 year old b7100 with over 4100 hours sounds exactly the same at idle... guess the more things change the more they stay the same

I never really thought about it... always sounded like any idling diesel to me

 

[DavidAubke]

You're paranoid.

 

[ejnichol]

Pity those motor mounts. That motor executes a pretty rough landing everytime.

I thought it was excessive but it runs fine otherwise and does what I expect of it. Its a 3 cyl anyway.

 

[dodge man]

BX2350 with 220 hours. Mine idles the same way and I would say my shutdown if anything is worse. Very rough and it shakes the entire tractor when I shut it down.

 

[KeithInSpace]

Sounds like my son took 20 of his marbles, put them in a paint can along with some scrap metal and an old shaver, put that paint can in the "mixer" at the Lowes, recorded the horrible sound, and put that audio track over a picture of your engine shaking about.

Yup...sounds just like mine.

There is a pretty easy to make it sound better. I put earbuds on before putting on 'earmuff' ear protection. Pink Floyd sounds pretty good over the engine track. One Republic is fun. They can mask the sound. FAVORITE way to make the engine sound better has to be Smashing Pumpkins...something about Billy Corgan's voice that is only slightly more irritating than the clatter of a diesel...makes the engine sound great.