<VV> Possible piston slap.

Hugo Miller hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Fri Nov 1 21:01:46 EDT 2019


I thought he described it as a 'knock'? The easy way to tell, rather 
than having us all doing sound effects like Victor Borge, is to observe 
whether it only occurs under load when cold, or at all times, until the 
oil gets circulated and the lifters pump up anyway.

On 2019-11-02 00:39, Matt via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Lifters a CLACKs!   Piston Slap is “tonk”
>
>
> From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
>
> Why am I the only person who has mentioned valve lifters as a 
> possible
> cause? I am probably inviting some rude answers, I know ;)
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