ozzykicks2002

You know how a engine sounds when its low on oil? my engine will make that sound, even though I have 7 quarts in it I have a 2001 WS6. And when it warms up it will stop. should I worry about this?

conan

iTrader: (5)

7qt's is too much oil ls1's hold about 5.5qt's. Is the sound comming from the valve train or bottom end? Could be a lifter or a spun bearing.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

7 quarts will be harmful for your engine... check your dipstick and correct the level!

If you have a sound kind of like a marble or marbles starting about 20 seconds after a cold start and also after a warm restart, then you most likely have piston slap which isn't harmful.

correct the oil level now!

patSS/00

iTrader: (6)

Sounds like the infamous "cold piston slap". Do a search, you'll find lots of posts. Most LS1's seem to have this feature. I think it's at least partly due to the block expanding faster than the pistons.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

Actually, piston slap has more to do with the metal content of the pistons and the barrel shape cast that figures in the expansion rates. Its seems a lot of the LS1's are on the high side of tolerance as far as piston/bore clearance.

ozzykicks2002

lol I read here on the forum that people were recommending 7 quarts because of the fact that the number 6 bearing i think will spin. lol I will correct right now

ls1charged

iTrader: (8)

7 quarts is a little to much your supposed to put a little more than five