5 litre piston rattle - what cost to fix?

[Boosted LS1]

Daz, if your big ends wer'e shot you'd have no oil pressure. The're fine.

[BeastMaster]

Classic Chim said:

Crossed lines
I was talking about Silicone Kid noise which I think is from start up then disappears after a few minutes.

Sounds like oil starvation to big ends. ( I emphasise sounds like )
I’d at least get someone to check big ends shells for wear.

If people would just stay on topic it would be far simpler - perhaps if I add onto this that my Diff has started to whine what are the options ? we could do away with having to search through this topic nonsense and have everything in one big place

[Classic Chim]

Boosted LS1 said:

Daz, if your big ends wer'e shot you'd have no oil pressure. The're fine.

Recently a friends Chim develpoed a knock or what sounded more like a pinking, no loss of oil pressure but under load a light knock all the same.
Turns out a worn big end shell was to blame. Replaced shells noise gone.
But I’m sure you know a lot more than me so I bow to your vast experience

[SILICONEKID 357HP]

Was it only noisy from cold ?

Could the sandwich plate and oil cooler fail and cause starvation ?

[Boosted LS1]

Classic Chim said:

Boosted LS1 said:

Daz, if your big ends wer'e shot you'd have no oil pressure. The're fine.

Recently a friends Chim develpoed a knock or what sounded more like a pinking, no loss of oil pressure but under load a light knock all the same.
Turns out a worn big end shell was to blame. Replaced shells noise gone.
But I’m sure you know a lot more than me so I bow to your vast experience

No Sir, I can't accept that. Lets do a bow together,

[phazed]

SILICONEKID 357HP said:

Was it only noisy from cold ?

Could the sandwich plate and oil cooler fail and cause starvation ?

No Daz.

[Classic Chim]

Boosted LS1 said:

No Sir, I can't accept that. Lets do a bow together,

Are you saying it’s a figment of my imagination and the EX Rover engineer who diagnosed the issue is a numpty too.

To be clear this noise was at a certain revs and could not be detected elsewhere

Sorry o/p as yes this noise and its cause was nothing to do with pistons or top end slap as we are discussing here.
I’m just trying to offer some more info for another Tvr owner from the recent experience of yes another TVR owner. (Not me)
Thanks and have a nice day

Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 11th February 08:13

Edited by Classic Chim on Tuesday 11th February 09:18

[Boosted LS1]

No I'm not saying that. You should look at what I said. Nobody mentioned your imagination.

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Tuesday 11th February 09:49