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What Is Piston Slap and How Can You Get Rid of It?


quieted my piston slap (cold start knock) - LS1Tech.com

the only way to cure piston slap is to use different pistons. ... I thought it could be a sticking valve, You think it's crank sensor?

piston slap sound - LegacyGT.com

A knock in the motor has a pretty definitive sound, if the piston slap is what is coming from your car it should go away after operating temp is reached.

Victim of Piston slap FUDGE!!!!! - Cadillac Owners Forum

Piston slap is no big deal. Stay off the gas until the engine warms up and then drive normally. In a high performance engine you can either have ...

Fixing Piston Slap - Ford F150 Forum - Community of Ford Truck Fans

How does one go about doing this? ... Pull the engine apart and rework the cylinders, then depending on the cylinder diameter a new piston is ...

Engine Oil and Piston Slap - Subaru Forester Owners Forum

Piston slap should disappear after a couple minutes. If it gets worse its a bearing. Better make sure. Be careful what you wish for.

Piston slap - 1999-2013 Silverado & Sierra 1500 - GM-Trucks.com

The piston slap/knock is due to hypereutectic pistons that expand as they warm up, which is why it quiets down after a few minutes of run time and is worse in ...

Piston Slap - Honda-Tech - Honda Forum Discussion

A young mechanic buddy of mine pointed out the piston slap sound when I first got the car that could be heard if you caught just the right rpm ...

Piston Slap? | Lightning Rodder

I'll go out on a limb and give this one a shot... Piston slap is when the piston skirt is suddenly forced against the cylinder wall during ...

piston slap: and what does it mean to you? - NASIOC

Basically the piston is tilting allowing the base of the skirt to impact/slap against the cylinder wall... it could even be the top of the side ...

Piston Slap! | GM Inside News Forum

... be concerned, almost every one I see in the shop has this noise. In ... to weigh my options with keeping the truck or getting rid of it.

The Source of my Engine Piston Slap | Honda Insight Forum

An engine with true piston "slap" will have a very limited service life remaining. As you can probably imagine, compression on the cylinder(s) ...

Piston Slap - Model T Ford Forum

Piston wrist pins can also cause piston slap. I never get a new set of piston that don't need a least one wrist pin hole honed. Too tight of ...

Piston Slap! (Stop it man, quit, turn that DOWN, more what?)

... to suffer higher rates of cylinder and piston wear. To get rid of it, you have no choice you must bore out the cylinders to at least the ...

6.0 piston slap - Chevy - JustAnswer

You have the classic 6.0 piston slap (pistons are too small for bores) There is a lot of them out there. It is not terminal and it will be worse in cold ...

Piston slap... questions for those who have or had it.

The piston knock at idle condition may be due to one or more of the following: Incorrectly classified cylinder bore(s). Negative piston skirt ...

Piston slap? - Harley Davidson Forums

Before you tear anything down, perform a compression test and a leak down test. After compression/Leak down test, remove the cylinders/pistons ...

Piston slap in 5.3 Tahoe

After the pistons warm a little, they expand and the noise goes away. If it only takes your truck 10 seconds or so, you're lucky! The piston ...

piston slap or lower end noise? - ultimatesubaru.org

the one possibility you didn't mention is the timing belt tensioner. they can make noise when they get old and start flopping around. iirc, you ...

Piston slap - DODGE RAM FORUM

Slap is nto good and indicator its time to do a rebuild. Engine is lose, period. Tick is lifters, will not go away, after engine ewarms up. Tick ...

Engine piston slap | Page 2 - Hyundai Forums

If your piston is "rotating" in the cylinder you're going to know it. Such rotation would be quickly followed not by a slapping sound of the ...