re mr noisy engine in article apr engr washington edu eliot stalfos engr washington edu eliot writes in article apr ultb isc rit edu adn ritvax isc rit edu writes 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 i think those with mr s would describe the engine as sweet if a little loud those with mr s i can t imagine any unbiased person paying it any compliments sounded like my ex dormmate s rusty chevy chevette with the i would want to redline it just for the music with the i would short shift so that it would shut up the new camry features balance shafts i guess since the mr is getting the axe it is too late for them to do anything about this it is no mystery that the turbo mr is only liters the engineers had enough integrity to prevent any further abuses also in europe the mr mk non turbo was also only liters as usual the undiscriminating american market if it is japanese it must be good gets the dogs to be fair we also got the turbo which the europeans well the is music to my ears i often turn my stereo off and just run it towards red line on nice twisty roads but toyota engines at idle have a strange bells and whisstles at the bottom of a matal can sound i can t describe it any better just like all the older benzes have a very characteristic clattering sound at idle do you know what i m referring to mike s
