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Silverado 2019 Start up noise


loveusa

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Hey Guys

My truck has 10k miles and since I bought the truck I heard like a Ticking Clock noise under the engine, must of the time is when the engine is cold, whent to the dealer like 3 times and they supposedly cant hear anything. I am getting frustrated every time when I turn on the engine and hear that noise, anyone can have an idea what that can be? 

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If you have the 5.3 it may be piston slap, especially if you're just hearing it when the engine is cold. Although I haven't heard of this as much on the newer 5.3's, it was quite common on the older ones such as in the L33 in my 2005. Apparently it's due to the short skirt piston design, no real cause for concern, just don't drive it like you stole it until the oil warms up.

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piston slap that i also have on my 09 pontiac g8. iirc, it's something to do with where the oil sits relative to the pistons and is mostly common on a real cold start and/or parked on an incline. It should go right away and if it doesn't you have a potential serious mechanical issue on your hands.

GM has been adamant that it's normal and not to be concerned, but I think a lot of us are still troubled by the sound... so far my G8 has almost 10 years and 70k miles on it without issue though. *knocks on wood*

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50 minutes ago, loveusa said:

Thank you for the respond this is the audio of the noise

It honestly sounds quieter than my 6.2 on a cold start.

 

Something people need to keep in mind, these trucks are extremely quiet in stock form.

 

My old 5.3 cant be heard over the exhaust on startup unless it is bitter cold, but I know its making all the same old sounds at 190K as it did when new. It is a 2001 and the way I tamed the piston slap was to go from a 5-30 to a 10-30 oil.

 

This lets the oil cling to the piston skirt a little better and it wouldn't rattle unless I left it sit for a week or so.

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  • 4 weeks later...

There's another thread on here, where the user has it in writing that GM acknowledges this as an issue, but they have no fix for it.

See this reply to the thread:

I wonder if this is something we should start documenting.

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36 minutes ago, nichos said:

There's another thread on here, where the user has it in writing that GM acknowledges this as an issue, but they have no fix for it.

See this reply to the thread:

I wonder if this is something we should start documenting.

The video posted sounds like most other gm trucks. 

 

This is my noise. Watch the whole video. you will hear the ticking/knocking.  It was diagnosed as a lifter issue that they have no fix for

 

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