Dreaded piston slap

[pidsy]

Well, the past month has been horrendous for my impreza, now to add more pain i think ive developed piston slap.

I put a mild ticking down to my frayed aux belt but just changed it and its still ticking. Checked oil and it was very low. The car had an oil change about 4 months ago so i'm a bit worried.

The web seems to have loads of varying advice about slap but what can i do? Am i on course for bottom end failure? Can i live with it for now?

I'm not shelling out £1.5k for a rebuild so if it goes bang i'll bin the car. Dont want it to come to that though!

Thank god for the subaru section on PH!

[pidsy]

I'll have to get it looked on monday!

Is it just a case of keeping an eye on oil consumption and waiting to see what happens?

Not a good week for my bug.

[pidsy]

Thanks once again for your help.

[pidsy]

Its strange,
started about a month ago,
does not always happen,
Goes when the engine is warm
Its more of a gentle ticking than anything else.

From what i have read, it does sound like piston slap. I'll have to see if i can get down to eurospec this week to get a diagnosis.

I'm pretty sure its not going to be good - i just have that feeling.

[pidsy]

cheers guys, put me a bit more at ease.

resale value has been worrying me though, i was planning on changing cars again in about may