Oddly enough, I've noticed the *exact* same thing the last week or so, probibly hapening before then, just occured to me though.

It takes from 1.5 to 3 seconds to peg the oil preasure gauge on cold start, and if you give it about ten seconds after the GP light goes out, it starts and runs smooth. And it's SO quiet, like a gasser, as he said, idle is also a little low for a few seconds.
Soon as the oil preasure goes up though, here comes the cold clatter, which deminishes some after it's warm. Very strange.

I know IP timing will effect the sound of a disel, could the oil preasure tensioner on the chain be related to this? First diesel I've seen do this, my VW's actually sound the same, oil preasure or not.. :p

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