4xe sounds like an EcoDiesel - normal?

[rickinAZ]

I transport visitors around the Mayo Clinic campus on a three-row "golf cart" and that provides plenty of time for car watching. While there are always a ton of exotic cars (everything from a 1962 300SL to a Porsche 918), I like to see the various modified Wranglers. And...of course, I have the random opportunity to chat with EcoDiesel owners from time to time. Yesterday my keen ear registered the unmistakeable (I thought) agricultural sound of a diesel idling in front of the hospital building, but I was too far past the rear of the Jeep to spot the emblem. I circled back and was surprised to see that it was a 4xe.

Is the two-liter four normally that rough sounding, or was this an anomaly? I ask because the 4xe is on my radar screen if something happens to my Eco.

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[Steemax]

Yup they sound like that when the engine first kicks on. Sounds like a tractor until temps come up. Even higher RPM then the 2.0 without the hybrid power train.

 

[S2k Chris]

Yup they sound like that when the engine first kicks on. Sounds like a tractor until temps come up. Even higher RPM then the 2.0 without the hybrid power train.

Are all the 2.0Ts like that or just the 4xe? I assume it’s all? My next Jeep to replace mine won’t be a 4xe for sure, and I’m pretty sure I don’t want the 2.0T either. Pretty sure it’s worth the $2k for the V6 to not deal with that clatter.

 

[Steemax]

Are all the 2.0Ts like that or just the 4xe? I assume it’s all? My next Jeep to replace mine won’t be a 4xe for sure, and I’m pretty sure I don’t want the 2.0T either. Pretty sure it’s worth the $2k for the V6 to not deal with that clatter.

I believe it’s just a 4xe thing. I haven’t heard a standard 2.0 sound that way. Someone with one will hopefully chime in.

 

[Magredvet]

No I'm afraid the standard 2.0 does it also...at least mine does....

 

[Tupi77]

Yes they do sound specially when cold. Same engine on my Alfa Giulia and sounds like that. Therefore, the moral of the story should be to bring back the Diesel!!! Even the 4xe’s are asking for it!!!! LOL

 

[driventoadventure]

Are all the 2.0Ts like that or just the 4xe? I assume it’s all? My next Jeep to replace mine won’t be a 4xe for sure, and I’m pretty sure I don’t want the 2.0T either. Pretty sure it’s worth the $2k for the V6 to not deal with that clatter.

I think it is a some 2.0T thing - there have been times when I've heard a friend's 2.0T under load wheeling and its eerily similar. The first time out wheeling with the guy I even asked him if he had the Diesel, thinking maybe it was running sickly...

 

[Wabujitsu]

It’s a direct injection thing. Normal.

 

[S2k Chris]

It’s a direct injection thing. Normal.

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