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Originally Posted by rickpaw
Stay away from early versions of the 5.3, I think 1999-2003 model years. The engines from those model years suffer from piston slap noise at start up that goes away after about a minute of running. It's not affecting the longevity of the engine (I personally know a 2001 owner with 160k miles and still going strong), but it's annoying.
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I've got one that didn't start the piston slap until about 220k miles and running very hot without any water for about 5 miles. It has 245k on it now and still going strong.