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my piston slap video...I think it's slap..

Started by Rpm90001 , Aug 13 2011 02:36 PM

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#1 Rpm90001

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 02:36 PM

Well I made 2 short videos the first one is a cold start up (it's in the 70's this morning) and the second is after a 5 minute drive. if I would of driven a little farther in the second video it would be quiet. But you will see after a short drive it is a lot quieter. Piston slap? is what it piston slap sounds like?

All timing components have been changed so i know its not the tensioner

piston slap?? Thoughts?



this is after a short 5 minute ride. It would quiet even more if i drove a little longer.



I just replaced the last video, I posted the first video twice...

Edited by Rpm90001, 14 August 2011 - 06:33 AM.

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 03:28 PM

i have the same damn noise maybe a little worse, hopfully you get an answer cause i would like to know also

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 05:58 PM

sounds like the beginning of a flexplate crack.

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 06:06 PM

interesting, mine will really make a racket on most starts and makes more noise as it revs, but it can be herd at idle once hot.

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 07:00 PM

It a manual transmission.

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 07:09 PM

well wouldnt be the flex plate on yours i think mine is more piston slap also

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Posted 14 August 2011 - 12:05 AM

I got the same noise. It usually goes away after a few minutes.

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Posted 14 August 2011 - 01:48 AM

Sounds like piston slap to me.

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Posted 14 August 2011 - 06:21 AM

After pulling the motor and all the work that went in to it, it's a little embarrassing to start it up and hear ticking. If it slap, I'm just going to ignore it. I just want to male sure I'm not over looking something that can be fixed.


The first day of posting the Video, I posted 2 of the same video. Posted the first video twice. I have posted the correct 2nd video that was taken after a short drive.

Edited by Rpm90001, 14 August 2011 - 06:35 AM.

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 02:47 PM

No change after oil change. I also added MMO the last 100 miles before oil change, also no change. I guess I will just live with till it get up to tempature .

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 06:01 PM

My RS started doing that a few months after a HG replacement.

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 07:25 PM

i just did my gaskets a few months ago..... I thing it was alot quieter before the change, but i bought it with bad gaskets and did not drive it before i changed them. There was a tick before, but i done remember it this loud
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