>   Could someone tell me more about this "piston-slap problem"?  I guess it's
>   rather common with the Eurovan?

The sypmtom is a diesel-like sound from the engine on cold starts.
Depending on severity, it can very very faint or very audible.
Someone sent me a description of the problem and the problem # as
listed by VWOA (Ric?), but I must have deleted that piece of mail,
I cannot find it.
anybody got it out there?
Cetin
cs@karin.att.com