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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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it'll be piston slap; even in the original ford manual they say about a noisy engine when cold

if it clears when warm its almost certainly piston slap

mine had done 54k and it slapped and sounded awful when cold, as soon as it was warm, it was quiet as a mouse
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