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21 December 2010, 05:00 PM
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HI ALL!
Anytime the my car's engine is cold, i get this tapping noise. I do not know if its a Tappet/Lifter or what!!?? But when the engine is up to temperture its fine......any info would be great! 2002 WRX
21 December 2010, 06:20 PM
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possibly piston slap, without hearing it i would assume its that
21 December 2010, 07:50 PM
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is that anything to be worried? thanks
21 December 2010, 08:02 PM
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Which oil are you using?
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21 December 2010, 08:08 PM
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castrol magnetec 5/30......this is where u tell me its the wrong one?
21 December 2010, 08:16 PM
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No you can use it, but only the fully synth stuff, I wouldnt use it myself personally, i stick with a 5w40 fully synth as its not noisy on startup
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21 December 2010, 08:21 PM
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Yes. Well I dont go back to work untill the 4th so I might drain the old stuff out and give the 5/40 a go!
21 December 2010, 09:22 PM
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castrol magnetec 5/30......this is where u tell me its the wrong one?
I thought all magnatec are semi, its the edge that is fully synthetic
21 December 2010, 09:22 PM
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piston slap isnt really that bad, its quite common
21 December 2010, 10:01 PM
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piston slap isnt really that bad, its quite common
Yes its common on forged engines, never had the issue myself with 4 scoobs, 97/98 engines suffered from it badly due to a piston issue, the rest should be ok, especially cast pistons which shouldnt suffer.
It will be down to the oil and the noise will be the tappets.
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21 December 2010, 10:34 PM
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Lots of engines that seem fine in the summer start to show a bit of slap in the colder weather. It's just audible on my 03 STi just after start in this cold weather.
21 December 2010, 10:52 PM
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nowt wrong with abit of slap
22 December 2010, 07:33 AM
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you should hear my engine on a cold start up, my pistons slap harder than my mom lol but only because i went ott with the piston/bore clearance
23 December 2010, 11:51 AM
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I thought all magnatec are semi, its the edge that is fully synthetic
Its says fully synthetic on the one I have
23 December 2010, 11:52 AM
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hey thanks to the rest of you lot tho!
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