I keep reading that this engine knock is "normal," but really?

[blackie2]

It will sound better if there was more dirt stuck to it.

 

[Rynooo]

Just noisy valves and injectors, doing their thing.

 

[ACarter]

Sounds just like mine!!! I was like you before, mine has 26000 miles. It seems to me pretty normal, got the 25000 service and they told me that she's running like a clock.
I started thinking then, after all... it's a truck, might as well just sound like one!

My Tundra did the same thing

 

[KAK707]

Knocking noise

I have a 2016 SR5, has 48k on it...same thing since the day I bought it

 

[Toskabg]

2016 with a bit under 24k miles. I noticed it about a week ago, but searching revealed mostly benign diagnoses.

However, it really doesn't sound normal to me. At, least not for an engine I am hoping will go 300k.

Oil level is fine and not particularly dirty (due at 25k).

It gets slightly quieter as it warms up.

(10 second clip of me holding my phone under the wheel wells. And its a bit dirty from yesterday, heh).

https://youtu.be/y8swxfiLIzI

Perfectly normal... Enjoy...

 

[EddieV4runnin]

Normal, I’m rather fond of the sound :yo:

 

[zonzin]

Yep,, my 5th gen sounds exactly like my 4th gen. Nature of the beast.


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[enyce]

Mine made the same noise from day one @ 11 miles. Now @ 30K plus miles the engine makes the same noise. IMO it's louder than other Toyota/Lexus engines I've heard. The noise does go away during acceleration.