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Dec 15th, 2018, 04:51 | #1 |
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Piston slap. Seriously???
Hi all. Just noticed my B200F has got a piston slap when cold. Apparently it is a common thing and is caused by poor engine design(insufficient piston cooling due to lack of piston oil squerters) . Does your engine have it? How does it affect the engine longevity? Always wanted to have a 740, since I was a kid. Bit disappointed mine has it. Still planning on keeping it though.
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Dec 15th, 2018, 08:35 | #2 |
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My B200E had it, quite badly when cold. Nothing to worry about in my opinion. They run fine regardless.
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Dec 15th, 2018, 09:38 | #3 | |
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Don't forget the red block comes from the old B18/B20 engines used in the 120/140 series back in the 60s and would have had 20W50 as the specified oil back then. As such, going to 20W50 in your "modern" red block shouldn't be a problem.
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Dec 15th, 2018, 09:46 | #4 |
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Thanks guys. I am planning on trying Lucas oil additive at first. At the moment it is 10W40 in it.
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Lack of oil squirters are not the cause of the issue, it is much more down to piston design. Squirters can slow it down
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Many years ago, I bought an old 1.6 crossflow off a boy racer, to fit into a MK2 Fiesta. He assured me it had never been thrashed, but he lied. The clutch was burnt out, and it had very poor compression because the rings were gummed up, and I noticed there was a lot of scoring on the piston skirts when I had it apart to replace the rings. I put new big end shells and a new oil pump on it as well, but I didn't want to keep thowing money at it, so I didn't replace the pistons. When it was all back together, it was amazing, and great fun in a bog standard Fiesta shell that didn't even have servo brakes. The tailgate badge still said, 'Fiesta Popular', and it had the poverty spec metal bumpers and horrible aftermarket plastic wheel trims, so people never realized until it was too late that they were never going to catch up with it away from traffic lights and on slip roads. The only downside was the piston slap when cold. I cured it by putting 20/50 GTX magnatec oil in.
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I agree with the above, put some heavier grade oil in it and don't worry about it. I've had three B200Fs, two (including my current 744) had very minimal slap when cold and one (my second 745) would clatter like a shopping trolley full of tin cans on the cobbles for a good couple of minutes on a winter's morning.
It would always settle down when warm though and it didn't affect the running or performance at all. I put slightly heavier oil in it which ameliorated most of the noise and the car is now owned by my mother in law...still running like a peach despite close to a quarter of a million miles on it (The car!).
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What does piston slap sound like?
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Dec 20th, 2018, 12:30 | #10 |
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You'll get several replies i'm sure but to my mind, it's always been a medium sort of knocking, not as heavy as big end knock or as light and "tinkly" as little end knock, usually happens under load when cold and eases/disappears when hot.
Hopefully the other replies will be either very similar or just different enough to give you a really good idea!
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