So, has everyone made peace with the 2K rattle?

[WildHorse]

Those noises I have heard at low speeds cruising around the neighborhood. I actually love the weirdo injector whooshing and whining.

Yah man.. I always enjoy listening to my solid cam lifters on my 289 Ford.

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[2018OFPP1?2]

Yah man.. I always enjoy listening to my solid cam lifters on my 289 Ford.

They sound great... For about 15 seconds after adjusting them

 

[Elp_jc]

It will not. I highly doubt most know what piston slap actually sounds like.

Ha ha. Yeah, it's deafening if inside a garage. Three of my cars had it: An F-150 5.4 V8, and LS1 + LS2 Corvettes.

 

[hlfbkd420]

I can't hear anything over the exhaust.

Rattle on...

 

[hlfbkd420]

That could actually be it. When driving "normally" I'm at 3-5k under acceleration and 1500-1800 while cruising. In Mexico the revs are 5-7k. I'm never hanging out at 2k to get the "2k rattle".

Your doing something wrong then You have the rattle, your just in the 10% of the 90% that have it that can't hear it. (tinnitus)

 

[geep81]

I'm convinced the 2k rattle is direct injection doing it's thing. All the German cars I had recently before this did it, but continuously. My 2005 Lincoln LS did it, and a lot louder than the Mustang.

 

[gadgtfreek]

and it runs like a raped ape.

As a new owner, this is a great description of my thoughts on this car LOL.

 

[BlackandBlue]

If something was defective about these engine they wouldn’t last thousands of miles at 4500+ RPM like my car has.

I could speculate on all the noises these engines make but it seems to have a low failure rate and revs forever.

It makes me feel good that my car makes all the normal sounds. Rattle,tick, tap.

 

[Sivi70980]

If something was defective about these engine they wouldn’t last thousands of miles at 4500+ RPM like my car has.

I could speculate on all the noises these engines make but it seems to have a low failure rate and revs forever.

It makes me feel good that my car makes all the normal sounds. Rattle,tick, tap.

I truly believe all the cars make it, some people are just lucky to not hear it. Safety reminder: Once you do hear it, you'll always hear it and it could drive you nuts.

 

[bootlegger]

I'm convinced the 2k rattle is direct injection doing it's thing. All the German cars I had recently before this did it, but continuously. My 2005 Lincoln LS did it, and a lot louder than the Mustang.

I own an early German DI car. It has no rattle like the mustang. You can hear the injectors tick at idle when modded (Intake+Cowl), but as you accelerate, you just hear a smooth engine. As much as I hate on our BMW for reliability, I have to admit that I6 TT is a much better sounding engine than the Yote.

 

[bootlegger]

To answer the OP, I haven't really made peace with it, but I do ignore it. The engineer in me wants real answers as to the root cause, but I am not invested enough to spend time troubleshooting. Mine started at around 1k miles, is worse when cold, tends to be much quieter with the A/C off, and wasn't changed by the addition of Cera Tec. I doubt I will keep this car long enough to find out if this is related to some long-term failure mode. Heck, I only have 7900mi after 3 years of owning it.

 

[Mikthehun1]

I own an early German DI car. It has no rattle like the mustang. You can hear the injectors tick at idle when modded (Intake+Cowl), but as you accelerate, you just hear a smooth engine. As much as I hate on our BMW for reliability, I have to admit that I6 TT is a much better sounding engine than the Yote.

So by comparison the BMW sucks mechanically, but at least it doesn't tick

 

[gadgtfreek]

I'm convinced the 2k rattle is direct injection doing it's thing. All the German cars I had recently before this did it, but continuously. My 2005 Lincoln LS did it, and a lot louder than the Mustang.

As a new owner, this was is my observation. First 50 degree morning, and she was very noisy when warming up. Just assumed it was injection related but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Lilmags500]

It will not. I highly doubt most know what piston slap actually sounds like.

Thank you for adding some sanity to the discussion ...

 

[geep81]

I own an early German DI car.

Maybe it's different now, because my 2016 M235 had to have fake engine noise to cover up for the meh sounding i6.