Broke something?
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Broke something?
I was driving today and at idle, my car would make a rattling noise, at first I thought it was part of my exhaust or something similar... But pulling through 3rd gear, I broke/blew something. All of a sudden the motor died and I noticed smoke just coming out the back and oil pres. Dropped to 0. It was leaking(and still is) leaking oil... Anyone know what I broke? I was thinking maybe the tranny? There's oil coming out of it but I cant exactly spot the origin of the leak since It's not up on jacks. Car wont start as is...
Any input would help
-Marcus
Any input would help
-Marcus
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Was pressure at 0 before or after the engine died?
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That's why I'm really confused? There was a **** ton of oil leaking from the tranny...? So who knows what's up with it :/ . It all happened so fast... I *believe it dropped before it died.
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Ahh man that would be horrible... Nope won't even turn over.
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If this helps... I'm just remembering certain details from when this happened; I was pulling hard in 3rd up at about 4-5k rpm and all of a sudden I just hear a Bang and the motor died/oil pressure was gone, oil was just spilling out on the road. Before all of this, I heard a slight knocking noise coming from about where the y pipe meets the down pipe... I didn't think much of it, thought it was a loose bolt or something minor -_-
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Previous knocking from the engine, then a loud bang and 0 oil pressure, then engine dies, plus black oil on the road, followed by an engine that won't even crank = time for a new engine.
Sorry man. It's not looking good.
Sorry man. It's not looking good.
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Damn... I really hope it's not that serious :/ I'm praying that I'm just misremembering and that I lost oil pressure after it died... but what really worries me is that it wont even crank I would go take another look to gather some more info but it's dark out, maybe I'll go out there with a light, I need some closure on what happened :/
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I was thinking that at first but it just didn't seem to be a big possibility to me? My motor is bone stock, nothing fancy that would be too much for stock internals to handle ya know? Who knows... I'll most likely have the diagnostic up on here tomorrow :/ Well if the damage requires a new motor, I'm mostly likely going to be without a car for awhile unless I can find a low mileage LS1 at pick-n-pull that's useable. Man this sucks....
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'98 rod bolts should hold up as well as any other year when kept within the stock rpm limits (6200 or less). They can become an issue when pushed harder then that though. But of course, any part can fail with enough time and wear, even at stock power/rpm levels.
That knocking was probably your first indication of a problem, and the high rpm pull you did likely sent the engine to it's grave.
That knocking was probably your first indication of a problem, and the high rpm pull you did likely sent the engine to it's grave.
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'98 rod bolts should hold up as well as any other year when kept within the stock rpm limits (6200 or less). They can become an issue when pushed harder then that though. But of course, any part can fail with enough time and wear, even at stock power/rpm levels.
That knocking was probably your first indication of a problem, and the high rpm pull you did likely sent the engine to it's grave.
That knocking was probably your first indication of a problem, and the high rpm pull you did likely sent the engine to it's grave.
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I agree with the others that your motor is probably toast. The reason you think it's trans fluid is because that engine oil is going to travel back as you are driving so it probably coated the trans with oil. I'm sure if you get under the car you'll see a ton of oil under the motor and maybe even a rod sticking out of the block.
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I agree with the others that your motor is probably toast. The reason you think it's trans fluid is because that engine oil is going to travel back as you are driving so it probably coated the trans with oil. I'm sure if you get under the car you'll see a ton of oil under the motor and maybe even a rod sticking out of the block.
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