Start Up Rattle - Part Upgrade to Eliminate

[Seadweller]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Depends upon how deep you want to dive on this one. Startup clatter can be caused by your lifters, hydraulic chain tensioners, chain pad wear, cold start piston slap, bore scoring, or even stretched timing chains.

You need to isolate the source before even thinking about fixing it, as you can throw a lot of part and labor $ at it, and still have the issue if you guess wrong.

Thanks JFP, the car has 37K miles on it, so would that rule out some of what you have listed as possible causes?