Piston Slap after 17,000 mls
#1
Just after some advice as to where i can go from here.
Bought my MY97 turbo in September 2000 (52,500mls on the clock) only to find out a month later that it's had a new short block fitted under warranty because of piston slap (@52,000mls). Fair enough i thought, one less thing to worry about.
Two months ago i noticed that dredded slapping/knocking noise again.
Booked the car in for a service, and dropped it off last night.
Phone call @ 3pm today saying, 'yes sir, your car has piston slap'
The car is 4 months out of extended warranty granted, but the engine has only done 18,000 miles. They have requested a replacement piston from Subaru but it doesn't look that good.
Bearing in mind the low mileage and piston slap being a manufacturers defect (undersized piston) do i have a valid case????
One gutted Iain [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
[Edited by iain atkins - 1/17/2002 4:36:31 PM]
Bought my MY97 turbo in September 2000 (52,500mls on the clock) only to find out a month later that it's had a new short block fitted under warranty because of piston slap (@52,000mls). Fair enough i thought, one less thing to worry about.
Two months ago i noticed that dredded slapping/knocking noise again.
Booked the car in for a service, and dropped it off last night.
Phone call @ 3pm today saying, 'yes sir, your car has piston slap'
The car is 4 months out of extended warranty granted, but the engine has only done 18,000 miles. They have requested a replacement piston from Subaru but it doesn't look that good.
Bearing in mind the low mileage and piston slap being a manufacturers defect (undersized piston) do i have a valid case????
One gutted Iain [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
[Edited by iain atkins - 1/17/2002 4:36:31 PM]
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Ian,
Fitting a new short block was the early solution to the problem, however, as the new unit was exactly the same spec as the old one it is just as likely to suffer the problem.
I believe the later oversized piston solution is more permanent.
Andrew...
Fitting a new short block was the early solution to the problem, however, as the new unit was exactly the same spec as the old one it is just as likely to suffer the problem.
I believe the later oversized piston solution is more permanent.
Andrew...
#4
Crispin,
Yours should be ok once you have had the 'modified piston' (basically a slightly oversized piston) as this is a more permanent fix.
Andrew,
That's exactly my line of thinking, therefore i should have a strong case to get it fixed under warranty.
Cheers guys
Iain
Yours should be ok once you have had the 'modified piston' (basically a slightly oversized piston) as this is a more permanent fix.
Andrew,
That's exactly my line of thinking, therefore i should have a strong case to get it fixed under warranty.
Cheers guys
Iain
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IM have agreed to repair the piston slap at their cost!!!!!!!!!!
Whey
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I did quite a bit of chasing myself, and because of the fact that the engine is only 18 months old (17,000mls) - replaced due to piston slap 18 months ago, and the fact that it's a manufacturing fault, they checked service history etc, and agreed to carrying out the work.
I think i may have been lucky here, but if i believe something is wrong i tend not to give up.
It's worth a try, have a chat with your dealer and see what they have to say.
Cheers
Iain
I think i may have been lucky here, but if i believe something is wrong i tend not to give up.
It's worth a try, have a chat with your dealer and see what they have to say.
Cheers
Iain
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