Hello all,

I had a chance to drive another 1995 e320 and the engine was so much quieter! It was almost like my old 1988 190e2.6! Now I am wondering why my car sounds so loud! My car has a very sharp "zing" to the sound while the other 320 had very muted sound.

Anyone care to comment?

Do you have a hood pad on your car? If not, then noise from the engine isn't dampened. That's my first thought.

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Yeah, it does have the hood pad. One thing I notice is that there is a loud resonance just over 2000 rpm. Could this be somekind of exhaust leak?

Possibly. My exhaust went last winter. It broke clean off just aft of the center muffler. It had a sound similar to the one you deascribe before failing.

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles