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Re: 5.3 vortec knock
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 9/13/2006

Sounds like typical piston slap to me . Not unusual for chevys , mine did it from 90 to 175 K and never seemed to get any worse . It would clear up in less then a minute , and the intensity depended on how much you loaded it , light load barely could hear it ,... Login to read more.