I am (I think) in the market for an 87 SDL. I found one in Salt Lake that has about 115k on it and just had its cracked head and injectors replaced.

My brother test drove it and said that it was beautiful, but that the idle was really loud (at 600 rpm). The minute that he touched the pedal, the noise went away. Both he and I have 300TDs and don't think that the idle on those vehicles is especially loud.

From your guys experience, is the normal idle of the 300SDL really that loud (it was described as "metal on metal, rattling sound")?

Please let me know if you have any input.

thanks

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