Originally Posted by
CossieRich
yes it is perfectly normal for piston slap from a 60k 2wd ebgine. the 4x4 piston uses an offset gudgeon pin which helps eliminate the slap. 1 litre of oil per 1k miles is the acceptable limit usually
so does a 2wd sapph well most of them, only 3 doors and the first few sapphs have centre line gudgeon pins as the first of the sapphs used the shonky 3 door engine naughty ford