Knocking
#1
Knocking
My HHR started making a very low knocking at 1200 miles. I know have 26000 miles and when the oil gets warm you can hear the knocking up to about 2000 rpm's. It sounds like a lifter. 2 dealers have told me that this is a normal sound from this 2.2 engine. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks Rocky
#2
Welcome to a fellow owner from Missouri!
I own a 2.4 so I can't help much.
I do hafta ask though, did you wait 20,000 plus miles to get it checked, or did you just type an extra zero?
This is a great and helpful forum, if anyone else has had this issue, they'll speak up. You can also try the search function though I'd guess you get a lot of hits for gas which won't help you. Worth a try though.
I own a 2.4 so I can't help much.
I do hafta ask though, did you wait 20,000 plus miles to get it checked, or did you just type an extra zero?
This is a great and helpful forum, if anyone else has had this issue, they'll speak up. You can also try the search function though I'd guess you get a lot of hits for gas which won't help you. Worth a try though.
#3
well i have messed around with cars and motors for over 20 years and the only knocking i ever have known to be normal was from a diesel engine! i would take it to another dealer or tell the ones you talked to to show you another 2.2 that knocks like yours??? sounds real fishy to me!!!
#4
I have a 2.2L and mine doesn't do that. I wouldn't walk away from the dealer that told you that...I would run as fast as I could. Definitely NOT normal for the 2.2...or any normal engine for that matter just like oldschoolfreak said.
#5
My HHR started making a very low knocking at 1200 miles. I know have 26000 miles and when the oil gets warm you can hear the knocking up to about 2000 rpm's. It sounds like a lifter. 2 dealers have told me that this is a normal sound from this 2.2 engine. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks Rocky
Hope it helps,
#6
GM used to call this "Piston Slap" on the Old School 2.2 that was in my 94' S-10. I know its a totally different engine, but sounds like the same problem. Fought with GM for weeks over this and finally got a new engine.
#7
As for the piston slap comment, I had a 2001 Malibu 3.1L V6 that had piston slap to the point they had to give me a new motor. I know that sound very well and I know the sound I hear from my 2.4 is not piston slap.
#8
knockin
I hear a similar noise, but only hear it from inside the passengar cabin. I don't hear it when I have the hood up. It's even more noticeable when the transmission is in gear and I am at a stop light.
As for the piston slap comment, I had a 2001 Malibu 3.1L V6 that had piston slap to the point they had to give me a new motor. I know that sound very well and I know the sound I hear from my 2.4 is not piston slap.
As for the piston slap comment, I had a 2001 Malibu 3.1L V6 that had piston slap to the point they had to give me a new motor. I know that sound very well and I know the sound I hear from my 2.4 is not piston slap.
Good Luck !!
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