Can piston slap be intermittent ?
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Can piston slap be intermittent ?
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My Uk '97 often sounds pretty horrid in the morning, sounds right for piston slap, clatters away for a while on the way to work. The curious thing is that some mornings it'll be clattery 20 minutes, some 10, others, such as this morning it's sweet and quiet straight off. In all cases it will have been parked up for at least 9-10 hours over night. It usually still does it at lunchtime, but not for so long, and again in the evening at home time, but only for 5 minutes or so, so I thought it was just temperature related and that the engine retained some heat during the day. This morning is cold and damp in Aberdeen though, and the car didn't move between 5:30 last night and 7:45 this morning, so the engine and oil was definately fully cold, but it was quiet and sweet as anything straight off this morning.
Could it still be piston slap or would that be there every morning ?
Thanks in advance for any insight!
My Uk '97 often sounds pretty horrid in the morning, sounds right for piston slap, clatters away for a while on the way to work. The curious thing is that some mornings it'll be clattery 20 minutes, some 10, others, such as this morning it's sweet and quiet straight off. In all cases it will have been parked up for at least 9-10 hours over night. It usually still does it at lunchtime, but not for so long, and again in the evening at home time, but only for 5 minutes or so, so I thought it was just temperature related and that the engine retained some heat during the day. This morning is cold and damp in Aberdeen though, and the car didn't move between 5:30 last night and 7:45 this morning, so the engine and oil was definately fully cold, but it was quiet and sweet as anything straight off this morning.
Could it still be piston slap or would that be there every morning ?
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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I've noticed the same mate, MY96 uk. Mines been a right slapper this winter, very noticable on the cold mornings. I've been turnin the stereo right up before starting sometimes it makes me cringe that much.
Sweet as a nut though after 10 - 15 mins. Other week though starts her up and nothing, no slapping at all, I reckon there has to be more too it than just temp cause its back again now.
When you say clatters on the way to work do you mean when around the idle mark? My symptoms dissapear when actually driving which I believe to be right for piston slap.
cheers
Ritchie.
Sweet as a nut though after 10 - 15 mins. Other week though starts her up and nothing, no slapping at all, I reckon there has to be more too it than just temp cause its back again now.
When you say clatters on the way to work do you mean when around the idle mark? My symptoms dissapear when actually driving which I believe to be right for piston slap.
cheers
Ritchie.
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Originally Posted by Ritch96
I've noticed the same mate, MY96 uk. Mines been a right slapper this winter, very noticable on the cold mornings. I've been turnin the stereo right up before starting sometimes it makes me cringe that much.
Sweet as a nut though after 10 - 15 mins. Other week though starts her up and nothing, no slapping at all, I reckon there has to be more too it than just temp cause its back again now.
When you say clatters on the way to work do you mean when around the idle mark? My symptoms dissapear when actually driving which I believe to be right for piston slap.
cheers
Ritchie.
Sweet as a nut though after 10 - 15 mins. Other week though starts her up and nothing, no slapping at all, I reckon there has to be more too it than just temp cause its back again now.
When you say clatters on the way to work do you mean when around the idle mark? My symptoms dissapear when actually driving which I believe to be right for piston slap.
cheers
Ritchie.
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Sounds like there is a small possibility it is tappets not piston slap?
Try changing to Motul 300V Competition 15W50 oil from www.camskill.com and see if the noise goes..
My MY96 UK was tappety but not on Motul..
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Try changing to Motul 300V Competition 15W50 oil from www.camskill.com and see if the noise goes..
My MY96 UK was tappety but not on Motul..
JGM
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Originally Posted by Jolly Green Monster
Sounds like there is a small possibility it is tappets not piston slap?
Try changing to Motul 300V Competition 15W50 oil from www.camskill.com and see if the noise goes..
My MY96 UK was tappety but not on Motul..
JGM
Try changing to Motul 300V Competition 15W50 oil from www.camskill.com and see if the noise goes..
My MY96 UK was tappety but not on Motul..
JGM
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I had a clattery/raspy sound and it was intermittent... at first i thought it was piston slap and after having a feel around the up-pipe i noticed the heat shield had come lose and the upipe was leaking from the joint... got that fixed and no more raspy noise... could be worth checking the up-pipe..
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It depends on the temp, doesn't it - I only get piston slap on a cold winter morning, and none during warmer sunny days... It's all about the pistons being fractionally too small when they are cold, so days of different temps would cause more or less slap, I'd have thought.
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If it is piston slap, then the piston has worn around the skirt. Thicker oil will mask the sound though the damage has been done. At some point it will need to come out & be changed.....
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It depends on the temp, doesn't it - I only get piston slap on a cold winter morning, and none during warmer sunny days... It's all about the pistons being fractionally too small when they are cold, so days of different temps would cause more or less slap, I'd have thought.
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Originally Posted by M444GY
i have the same problem from start up when cold in the mornins. sounds terrible for about 5 mins till it warms up then its perfect. ive heard my98 to my00 models have been prone to piston slap though. i normally leave mine idleing for a while before i drive off.
If it is tappet then a good quality oil might quieten it down.. if it is piston slap then it won't. I think the newer cars have shimms to no tappets to be noisy but not sure on which year the change was made.
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