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I noticed this weekend that my 1999 Buick Century is developing the
classic symptons of Piston Slapping (ticking noise when cold ... goes away as engine warms up). Last night when leaving the office park lot, the engine begun miss firing, and after about five minutes set the service engine soon lamp. I took the car to autozone, and they read it with a code scanner. They said that cylinder 6 was missing. The techy said all the other cylinders were OK, it was only 6 that was missing. The plugs, wires and ignition coils are original. The car has about 60,000 miles on it. I pulled the spark plug from cylinder 6 this morning and it looked fine (no fouling), but the gap was just below ..080. Cyclinder 4 looked similiar. I also did an oil and filter change. Car seem to run well this morning, with minimal slapping. No new codes and no missing. Is the Piston Slap likely to be the cause of the cyclinder miss? Or, do I have two problems? Any suggestions on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve |
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JazzMan wrote:
> Steve wrote: > wrote: >> >> >>>I noticed this weekend that my 1999 Buick Century is developing the >>>classic symptons of Piston Slapping (ticking noise when cold ... goes >>>away as engine warms up). >>> >> >><snip> >> >>>Is the Piston Slap likely to be the cause of the cyclinder miss? Or, do >>>I have two problems? >>> >>>Any suggestions on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated. >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Steve >>> >> >>Piston slap doesn't cause a misfire, but a stuck valve or collapsed >>hydraulic lifter certainly does. And it also makes a ticking sound that >>goes away when the engine warms up. >> >>Piston slap isn't a "tick", its a deeper sound- more of a muted "clank". >>A single piston slapping can sound a little like a tick, but if all the >>pistons have some slap what it really sounds like is a diesel engine idling. > > > Will the knock sensor pick up piston slap and cause the ECM > to go into KR? > > JazzMan Knock sensors pick up all SORTS of engine noises and trigger KR. Wrist-pin noise is notorious for a false KR trigger on a lot of engines. Both piston slap and wrist pin noise happen at the right time window in the combustion cycle to trick the computer into thinking its knock. Some other noises fall at the wrong time (valve or lifter noise, for example). |
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Good point, but by the time the cars goes into closed loop the noise has
dissipated. "Steve" > wrote in message ... > JazzMan wrote: > >> Steve wrote: >> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I noticed this weekend that my 1999 Buick Century is developing the >>>>classic symptons of Piston Slapping (ticking noise when cold ... goes >>>>away as engine warms up). >>>> >>> >>><snip> >>> >>>>Is the Piston Slap likely to be the cause of the cyclinder miss? Or, do >>>>I have two problems? >>>> >>>>Any suggestions on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated. >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Steve >>>> >>> >>>Piston slap doesn't cause a misfire, but a stuck valve or collapsed >>>hydraulic lifter certainly does. And it also makes a ticking sound that >>>goes away when the engine warms up. >>> >>>Piston slap isn't a "tick", its a deeper sound- more of a muted "clank". >>>A single piston slapping can sound a little like a tick, but if all the >>>pistons have some slap what it really sounds like is a diesel engine >>>idling. >> >> >> Will the knock sensor pick up piston slap and cause the ECM >> to go into KR? >> >> JazzMan > > Knock sensors pick up all SORTS of engine noises and trigger KR. Wrist-pin > noise is notorious for a false KR trigger on a lot of engines. Both piston > slap and wrist pin noise happen at the right time window in the combustion > cycle to trick the computer into thinking its knock. Some other noises > fall at the wrong time (valve or lifter noise, for example). > > -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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> wrote in message
ups.com... > I noticed this weekend that my 1999 Buick Century is developing the > classic symptons of Piston Slapping (ticking noise when cold ... goes > away as engine warms up). > > Last night when leaving the office park lot, the engine begun miss > firing, and after about five minutes set the service engine soon lamp. > I took the car to autozone, and they read it with a code scanner. They > said that cylinder 6 was missing. The techy said all the other > cylinders were OK, it was only 6 that was missing. > > The plugs, wires and ignition coils are original. The car has about > 60,000 miles on it. I pulled the spark plug from cylinder 6 this > morning and it looked fine (no fouling), but the gap was just below > .080. Cyclinder 4 looked similiar. I also did an oil and filter change. > Car seem to run well this morning, with minimal slapping. No new codes > and no missing. > > Is the Piston Slap likely to be the cause of the cyclinder miss? Or, do > I have two problems? > > Any suggestions on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > > Steve > Change out the Plugs and wires they have outlived there useful lives. What your hearing is probably not piston slap but a lifter that is sticking or has a small piece of crud in it. -- Steve -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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