Is this knock or is the engine just supposed to sound like that?

1994 PEUGEOT 306
11,000 MILES • 1.6L • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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Is this knock or is the engine just supposed to sound like that?

The second video is from the driver seat, you can even hear the thing backfire and sounds like it gets way too much fuel. The thing was not hot when recording this, but I can say that the oil, even though not in the worst condition, is 6 years old because the car had been standing undriven for 6 years undriven before I bought it. Have driven it pretty hard before this recording and it runs pretty good, idles at 1,000, or just above.
Dec 2, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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The engine sounds okay though you may have bad gas in the fuel tank. I would change the fuel filter/water separator. The backfiring could be a bad muffler. Thanks for the videos they helped. Does this car have 11k miles on it?
Dec 2, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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No, I live in Europe so I have trouble with conversion. It has 71k American miles on it and the bad muffler could be because I removed one. Bad gas could be because the car had been standing unused for 6 years before I bought it.
Dec 2, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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Yep, it makes sense, please service the fuel system and replace the muffler and you should be good to go.
Dec 3, 2024 at 9:21 AM