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Old April 12th, 2007, 12:32 AM
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I have a 2002 Silverado with the infamous engine piston slap. I will be purchasing a new truck this year and was wondering if this is still a problem on the Chevys. Also, is there anything else on the new Chevy Silverado I should be aware of?

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I have a 99, piston slapping started at 12,000 miles or so, only in cold weather and lasts only a couple of minutes till warmed up, they said it was normal, I wouldn't touch another Chevy ever, just my .02 worth, I've had nothing but trouble with mine.
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Since model year 2005 all the small block V8 engines began using a new full floating piston design (as opposed to the previous pressed wrist-pin), this illuminated the piston-slap problem.
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A guy at my work just got out of a lawsuit b/c the dealership wouldn't fix the problem,brand new one
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I had an 05 and no PS. I only had 10K on it when I sold it though. Now have a NBS 07 and it BETTER NOT develop PS![] The guy above is right though I believe. You really don't hear about it on vehiclesthat are newerthan 04-05.
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I have a 2011 6.2 that is doing it with 11000 miles, so the new ones do have cold piston slap..but i got gm to put a new crate motor in..it is in the process of being done as i type
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