Is it just me or is the Yaris engine THAT noisey?

[Yury]

Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

The Yaris has more engine noise than the echo (same engine).

The stock yaris intake is simpler than the echo intake. I think that is where most of the noise comes from.

+1 on that, mine is pretty buzzy under load and it does sound like intake noise.

overall, yes, this engine is on the loud side. quiet when not loaded, but under any kind of load the noise is definitely starts to come through. I find that I have to adjust the radio volume more often than in other cars I had. But it's ok, it's not too bad.

[swidd]

Put sound proofing butyl on the inside of the engine hood, and on the firewall in the footwells and around the gear shifter area (resonating surfaces between the seats/footwells).

[Captain Slow]

sound dampening does do wonders. I remember using a small piece of carpet under the shift boot of my '84 Prelude and it did wonders for the cabin noise.

[JumpmanYaris]

Originally Posted by A-Dingo-Ate-My-Baby

nope, not loud at all. pretty quiet.

HOLY F@$% for once i agree with ya

[salmonz]

Sometimes I find myself turning down the radio when it's OFF. The engine is a bit noisy when driving compared to other vehicles. I agree, 6 would be the rating out of 10 (0 quiet, 10 loud).

[Hershey]

The Shell synthetic 5w-30 tames it . Now have the SHELL 5w-20 (SN ) syn and that's a tad noisier than the 5w-30 . The sedan really seems to like the 5w-20 . Plan to get an used oil analysis done within a few months to see if any more wear than with the 5w-30 . Hopefuly not . Will post the U.O.A. .

[ljming99]

Originally Posted by JumpmanYaris

HOLY F@$% for once i agree with ya

I would agree it is quiet.

I did not do any additional sound proofing.

But with simolta SRI, and fujitsubo wagolis muffler. The idling is very quiet.

Even cruising at 100km/h @ 3k rpm is fine too.

So i suppose a stock yaris is pretty quiet - for a bread/butter car.

So much better than my previous Aveo (1.4 etec engine).

[ljming99]

Originally Posted by salmonz

Sometimes I find myself turning down the radio when it's OFF. The engine is a bit noisy when driving compared to other vehicles. I agree, 6 would be the rating out of 10 (0 quiet, 10 loud).

A number of experienced mechanics and those workshops here locally working with toyota engines will tell you to do an oil change, it works wonders on this tiny 1.5 vvti =D

[bronsin]

You must have got bad ones. Mine is as quiet as a mouse. It DID make a little noise on accelerating when I got it.

But that was gone by 1000 miles.

[Highway Star]

My last two cars I drove for ten years each. In the early nineties I bought a 91 chevy sprint turbo new, excellent car but the engine was loud. Then again it was an early 90's econo car.

Next was a 95 geo tracker used (suzuki sidekick) 2dr convertible hardtop. I lifted it, put bigger tires, a header with 2" exhaust. I drove that thing hard everywhere, it had next to no insulation from the engine or outside noises. It was noisey, and it rode stiff like a military truck. I drove it for ten years, and just sold it two weeks ago.

I've only been driving the yaris for two weeks now. Let me tell you guys & gals that the yaris is as quiet, and rides as smooth as a bentley no kidding, it's that big of a difference to me. I bought it used, an 07, so the first thing was to change the oil to synthetic. I bought it from a nissen dealer, and wanted to make sure I got 5W-30 into it. The oil place I go to uses quaker state, so I used 5W-30 synthetic. and must say there was a difference in how the engine sounded from a cold start to cruising. The synthetic oil made a small difference but noticeable. Also it might have had thicker grade of oil in it too from the dealer or previous owner, you never know what's in it when you buy used.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by Highway Star

I've only been driving the yaris for two weeks now. Let me tell you guys & gals that the yaris is as quiet, and rides as smooth as a bentley no kidding, it's that big of a difference to me.
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I think you pretty much have to run it to the limit through the gears to get the noise some people are talking about.

I almost never exceed 45 mph and I take my sweet time getting there.

I hardly hear the engine myself.

[Hershey]

We've always had small cars , so no big deal .

[thebarber]

Its noisy under load...or at 70mph

[mikescuba]

I recently changed my front tyres and I have noticed it has got a little more noisy. I can't complain about my Yaris though. It is a 2001, 1 ltr petrol engine and has done just over 350.000 klm. I never changed the spark plugs till it had done 225.000 Klm. Changed brake pads at 250.000 and the back wheel bearings at 320.000. I have replaced the battery twice. Other than that all I have done is change the oil and filter every 15.000 Klm. Somewhere along the line I did change the air filter and its just about to be changed again as there was a problem with the pollution for the MOT. It doesn't use any oil between servicing and I think it still has a lot of life still left in it.

[bronsin]

Thats what we need here the 1 liter gas engine. They should charge LESS for it too.

Everyone has diesel engine on the brain. But diesel here in NJ is ~$3.69 a gallon while gas is ~ $3.10.

BAck in the 90s when diesel was 79 cents a gallon and gas was 99 cents yeah, diesel was the nuts. I could fill my 240D (20 gallons) for $16!

Those days are GONE.