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Went to a friends house today and we went through the cylinders turning each injector off and the noise seems to be coming from cylinder 3.

Originally Posted By: 4ever4d Was there any difference at all after the change? It sometimes dosen't make a difference but,i would have thought it could possibly have helped. GTX is a tad thicker than Valvoline conventional witch is why i suggested it. Then again the GTX may not help your issue...

Originally Posted By: 4ever4d Get you a good conventional on the thicker side like Castrol GTX in 5w30 and the piston slap will decrease.Nothing wrong with M1 or syn. oil but,i have seen conventional stop engine noise before don't ask my how or why but it often does,unless the problem is...

Ok, i take back the previous statement. It did make the noise a little quieter when cold, maybe 10% decrease. But it seems that it doesn't completely go away once hot. With the hood closed you can barely hear it outside the car. I put the car on ramps and poked around with my stethoscope and...

It's 50F outside, just cranked it up and it's much quieter now!! How much moly does Valvoline conventional white bottle have? I may end up adding some lubro-moly to see if that'll make it even more quiet. How much moly does GC have?

Originally Posted By: Striker WOW- just as I was reading the title to this thread I said to myself- "I wonder if this guy has an LS1?" LOL! sure enough you do. Not to worry. I bought my WS6 with 16K miles ALL original and never seen a track, Mobil 1 since 9k miles and now with GC and yes, still...

Well, i let it cool for about 3 hours, checked the oil and it looks like they overfilled it by half a quart. The oil is to the beginning of the arrow on the dipstick. I don't think it'll hurt anything so i cranked it up. It seems like it's a little quieter. Won't know i guess till it's 100%...

Just brought it to the place where the previous owner got the oil changes. Put in 10w30 valvoline conventional and a valvoline filter. We'll see if it makes things quieter.

Probably so. I just called the shop where the previous owner always had her oil changes at and i think they only use Valvoline. I asked him if he could look up in the records and tell me what oil/filter they were putting her but he said i'd have to come in so he could "scan" it to be able to...

Originally Posted By: dailydriver So what does everyone who thinks it is NOT piston slap think this is, the dreaded rod knock?? If it was rod knock, wouldn't it still be present after the engine warms?

Originally Posted By: crazyoildude did you do anything else besides changing your oil? How about spark plugs? sometimes the synthetic oil makes the engines louder on high mileage engines switch back to something 5w30 conventional.. How many miles? was there any noise at all when you first got...

Originally Posted By: GMBoy Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 You should also know that many people mistake carbon build up in the cylinder head for piston slap in these motors. Run some top cylinder stuff through it to be sure. Follow this advice! I was gonna say ir, but SteveSRT8 beat me to...

Originally Posted By: deven To me that sounded more like a cold engine knock than a piston slap. How many miles on the car? Before adding something from a can of additive or switching oils, I would look into adjusting your valve lashes. A bit of time consuming if done right but a better choice...

Originally Posted By: steve20 ""All LS1 engines have piston slap....""" Completely FALSE. Some do, some don't the 3 I had/have do not FWIW that doesn't sound like piston slap to me Steve What does it sound like? I posted that video on a popular LS1 forum and 3 or 4 people said they had...

What about an additive i can use till i change the oil to make it quieter?