My truck is in fair condition, but it's mine you know? some one said i had a bad piston. strange rattle noise and acts like it doesnt have any nuts
Start with a compression test ,if your getting piston slap theres a lot wrong
Testimonial: "could i trouble you to tell me where and how to do test? i do have a Haynes for the truck? should i drive it again to listen for a particular sound or would that damage it more?"
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I think your truck is pretty much the same as mine. Not alot to it. You should have 2 or 4 bolts that hold radiator in place, maybe a few bolts that hold fan shroud in place. To start you'll open hood, have to drain water out of radiator using a petcock, a drain valve at bottom of radiator. Loosen hose clamps on upper and lower radiator hose clamps. Once water is drained you'll have to remove the ends of the two hoses from radiator. The hoses may be kinda welded in place from rust so you may have to twist the ends back and forth until they loosen up. ( When you reinstall hoses, put a thin layer of any kind of grease on the inside of the ends so they can be turned easier. Remove bolts holding fan shroud in place and move it however you have to to give you access to lift radiator up ward and out of engine area. Remove bolts holding radiator and with some wiggling and guiding it should be able to lift it out. It might be tight. If you get a manual at Autozone it should give you better descriptions. Good luck. Please rate this. Thanks
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in this car piston slap is normal and will not cause any further damage to the engine, almost all LT 1 and LT 5 have this issue as long as it goes away after engine heats up, this comes from a GM service bulletin. and no the oil pump has nothing to do with this, cylinder walls are splashed by oil.
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#6 on a V8 is BDC on exhaust stroke.
Don't forget your working on a 4 cycle engine.
1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
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This would not be just rings. Rings do not tap, and rings do not make white smoke. Rings make smoke that is often described as blue, even though it also has some white.
White smoke, on the other hand, usually is a LOT. and quite visible and thick. Some say it smells sweet. This is coolant in the combustion chamber....
I sugges that the tapping be diagnosed, then decide what to do, as surgery may be too costly to make any sense.
A valve repair, and a head R&R and resurface, check for cracks, and put back on just MIGHT make sense to spend the $$ .
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Without actually hearing it run it's hard to tell you , could be a number of things ,, loose rocker, busted flywheel, timing chain etc
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