Normal engine noise or do I have an issue?

eman5oh · Apr 21, 2015

So I purchased a new CK35 HST this winter and have been happy with the tractor. It is the first diesel that I have owned and I am not used to the sounds a diesel engine make normally. I am have a lot of experience with gas engines but the diesels are a different beast. Attached youtube link is it is starting on a 40F degree afternoon after sitting for the night. The tractor only has 12 hours on it. Does this sound normal?

tiogajoe · Apr 21, 2015

I have a CK2510 that seemed to make alot of noise when I first got it. Coming up on 30 hrs and I can tell the engine has toned down and seems to run alot smoother? BTW your video link says Private?

eman5oh · Apr 21, 2015

I just set the video to public does it work now?

MinnesotaEric · Apr 21, 2015

The smoke, the noise, the power.

It's fine.

Billrog · Apr 21, 2015

The injectors on these motors do make you wonder but you'll get use to it

DK35vince · Apr 21, 2015

Sounds about the same as my DK 35 has on cold startup for the past 14 years.
Sounds normal to me.

eman5oh · Apr 21, 2015

Thanks for the info, gonna take a while to get used to what is normal for a diesel. What makes the "clanking" sound when it is cold?

k0ua · Apr 21, 2015

It sounds about right running to me.. My DK might be a bit less noisy on initial start, and less smoke for sure. But did you run the glow plug cycle? On the DK it is a timed 8 seconds, the light goes out, and it actually "post glows" too after startup for about 15 seconds. I don't know if the CK has an automatic glow plug cycle or is it manual? When the temp gets closer to 0 F, it "cackles" more at start up and a bit longer to smooth out.

eman5oh · Apr 21, 2015

Yes that start was after the automatic 8 second glow cycle. It sounds a bit worse when it is cold, I started it when it was around 5 f and clanking last a while longer.

2funkids · Apr 21, 2015

It sounds like you may also have some Clevis pins rattling around. I had similar fears until I found that my loader prop that's is stowed in the loader cross tube was rattling all around. I also found that the pins to the loader were also rattling.