O-ring or Piston slap?
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O-ring or Piston slap? How do you know if the O-ring is messed up or if it's piston slap? I have a friend that has been even more picky than I and he is hell-bent on saying his O-ring is messed up b/c 01-02's had that problem a lot from the factory (he says). Input? Any way to tell which it is?
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
If he's getting piston slap, he should only hear the noise.
If he's got massive oil consumption and/or blue smoke out the exhaust then he may need to be concerned about the rings.....
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
If he's getting piston slap, he should only hear the noise.
If he's got massive oil consumption and/or blue smoke out the exhaust then he may need to be concerned about the rings.....
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Originally Posted by badjuju342
O-ring would mean low or no oil pressure as it is in the forward part of the oil pan but would not mean oil consumption as in oil disappearing like leaking piston rings would.
