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Old May 11, 2006 | 12:43 AM
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hey guys my car has about 67k miles on her. i just bought her about two months ago and only put 4k on it and ever since i started noticing a lil knocking. dont know if it was the oil or the gas but i put mobil1 and been using 91 octane chevron. any thoughts any ways of getting rid of this?,it doesnt get louder so its not a piston i hope but just at idle,thanks guys
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i hate to keep saying this and being negative, but i heard a knocking to in low rpm start ups...like just driving from a light or stop or whatever....my oil psi was kinda low...and now ive got a shot bearing....it could be alot of things and until you find out where exactly its coming from you cant really tell....like i said mine made a little tapping or knocking sound only slightly noticable in low rpms...and its the bearings in the crankshaft....
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oh wow ok cool thanks man im pretty sure its coming from the drivers side head but i could be wrong thanks
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if its coming from the head, it could be anything from the valves hating bad gass, bad oil psi and the head internals slapping, etc etc
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ls1 are notorious for noisy lifters and piston slap/oil consumption dont worry about it, im sure ur fine.
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Look guys, it's actually pretty simple. Just pop off the valvle covers and throw in some quick-crete. That should take care of your noise issue.
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whats is quick crete?
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lol ok i was like huh anywho.... ok cool so i guess ill see if anything happens but thanks for the input i really appreciate it
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