Engine clack/piston slap
Sep 8, 2006 | 06:27 PM
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Engine clack/piston slap
Is that normal if the car has beeen sitting for a week or so and its started and was clacking for about 5 seconds or so ......???
Sep 8, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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From: Calgary, AB. There's a reason why white was the only color offered on every year Corvette. Proud Canadian German Jamaican!
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Piston slap, happens to the best of us. If it goes away in a bit, all is well, but if it stays then you might want to get it checked out.
Sep 8, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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The fix for it is to put on Borla Stingers or Bullets, you won't hear the slap anymore (really, that's what we do)
Sep 8, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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Why don't all eight of them slap?
Sep 8, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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Yeh,it went away right away , couple seconds.
