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

Harli

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There are days when i wish the c u nt t would just explode so i throw in a new engine. Really annoying sometimes...
Ron, how high or low is your annoyance threshold generally? Just wondering.

I own a 92 Honda prelude (yes, yes, I know, hairdresser's car). Anyway, the engine rattles like crazy on cold starts. Not many 4 cylinder cars had 16 valves in those days and many mechanics told me that fancy multi valve engines were noisy. I accepted it as part of the car's characteristic. I still have the car today, it has over 270,000 Km and still going strong. Machines make noises, embrace the noise! :D
 

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Noises are part of the parcel of owning a V8 Chev. Some are worse than others. I only worry about rattles and ticks that are still present when the cars warm.
My VY that **** itself had a 3 or 4 second tick at start up but also ticked loud enough to hear when on the freeway. Bad when that happens.
 

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Ron, how high or low is your annoyance threshold generally? Just wondering.

I own a 92 Honda prelude (yes, yes, I know, hairdresser's car). Anyway, the engine rattles like crazy on cold starts. Not many 4 cylinder cars had 16 valves in those days and many mechanics told me that fancy multi valve engines were noisy. I accepted it as part of the car's characteristic. I still have the car today, it has over 270,000 Km and still going strong. Machines make noises, embrace the noise! :D
Very low bruz
Things bother me often
Like when the local council put new suburb signs with inconsistent text direction and orientation ;)
 

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Very low bruz
Things bother me often
Like when the local council put new suburb signs with inconsistent text direction and orientation ;)

Sounds like you and I could be good mates Ron.
 
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