Car diagnosed with piston slap :( :(
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MY00 officially diagnosed with piston slap today - has to have a new short block fitted - whatever that is? anyone any experience of this - waiting times for parts - re-running in e.t.c e.t.c. Any info is welcome....
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Don't worry M8, the car will be perfect after the work and you will never know it had been done. Except for the fact that you will have a brand new engine in your 1-2 year old car
Don't worry M8, the car will be perfect after the work and you will never know it had been done. Except for the fact that you will have a brand new engine in your 1-2 year old car
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Interesting. My dealer (Anthony Betts, Milton Keynes) swears blind this doesn't affect Phase II engines (MY99-00) like mine, and yet it sounds exactly like it to me. Reckon I might force the issue next time... Mind you, it's done it since about 10k miles (34k now) and is no worse. Only when cold, too. Who knows...
Who diagnosed it as piston slap?
Cheers
Richard
Who diagnosed it as piston slap?
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Can anybody tell me if this is just a case of replacing 1 piston and which 1 is the most common, there seems to be many mixed opinions on fixing this problem. My MY97 has a bit of slap and if i decide to do it will be doing the work myself.
From what i understand there isn't alot of danger as most tuned engines have a bit in order to give clearance but maybe i'm wrong someone please tell us!
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Daz.
From what i understand there isn't alot of danger as most tuned engines have a bit in order to give clearance but maybe i'm wrong someone please tell us!
Don't mean to steal this post.
Daz.
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This is what it's supposed to sound like. This recording has been provided by AJ Leslie, who is a bbs member.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.leslie/
Cheers,
Wrexy.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.leslie/
Cheers,
Wrexy.
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yeah - thats the noise - i'm going to record the noise from mine and put up on my website because it's a lot worse than Alans.....
Thanks for the reassurance from everyone about this.....i was dreading my pride and joy having open heart surgery......i'll let you know how it goes...
Thanks for the reassurance from everyone about this.....i was dreading my pride and joy having open heart surgery......i'll let you know how it goes...
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We all thought that piston slap had been cured for the phase 2 engines, but maybe now that the MY99/00 are getting older and getting a few miles on the clock, the true signs are starting to show.
Cheers,
Wrexy.
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Wrexy.
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