Cold start rattle on LS3 - piston slap :) Engine replaced

[Ron Burgundy]

No.

Ok

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Update on this saga

Another dealer looked at the car and they are pushing Holden for engine replacement.

Diagnosis: excess piston to bore clearance....aka piston slap

Now let's wait and see.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Holden wants the dealer to strip the engine and check clearance etc.
Should i let them do it ?

 

[abuch47]

What other option do you have?

 

[lmoengnr]

Holden wants the dealer to strip the engine and check clearance etc.
Should i let them do it ?

Do you think the dealers workshop guys are capable of precise measurements?

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Do you think the dealers workshop guys are capable of precise measurements?

I don't know....

 

[Ron Burgundy]

What other option do you have?

Put up with it....lol

 

[lmoengnr]

I don't know....

I'd trust my local dealer's workshop guys for servicing, warranty work and maybe an engine replacement.
As for tearing an engine down, and checking piston to bore clearances, I'd prefer a dedicated engine overhaul shop to do that.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I'd trust my local dealer's workshop guys for servicing, warranty work and maybe an engine replacement.
As for tearing an engine down, and checking piston to bore clearances, I'd prefer a dedicated engine overhaul shop to do that.

I feel the same...but I have limited options..
Let them do it..
Insist on new engine...
Do nothing...

 

[Banjo79]

If they've acknowledged the problem, tear it down and it comes back as bad or worse, and God forbid it needs re-doing, although it'll be a merry go round, you won't be paying for it a second, third or fourth time! Could it get any worse than it already is? I'd let them at it, in this situation.