Something is gone
Thread Starter
TECH Apprentice
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 330
Likes: 0
Something is gone Ok today I was coming home from work I was messing with a newer cobra not a 03 but it was fast. I was spraying him and i was barely leaving him, so i guess i got a lil stupid to win. Well I notice my Air fuel gauge go lean 
, but i was stupid and didnt think about it at the time and was on the bottle for atleast 25 or more seconds 
well after i pulled a full 2 cars the motor started to sound like **** so i let off pulled over to the shoulder and turned her off and poped the hood, everything looked ok. I drove her the rest of the way home just limping her in through each gear not going over 3 k. I pull into my driveway and she is missing and all kinds of **** 
she shut herself off and i am very afraid. Well i take the 2 plugs out closest to the front of the car and they are covered with oil and smashed. So i got a neighbor to help me push her into the garage and i havent had the guts to look at the car since i know its my fault this **** happened. I have looked at the goodside, I do have a 6.0L short block that i got while i was drunk and was thinking i could make a hella stroker, but still that takes money that i cannot afford to spend anymore, so my guess is the car will be in the garage for atleast a few months at the most can anyone give me some ideas of what might of happened? btw the oil light was on the whole way home
, but i was stupid and didnt think about it at the time and was on the bottle for atleast 25 or more seconds well after i pulled a full 2 cars the motor started to sound like **** so i let off pulled over to the shoulder and turned her off and poped the hood, everything looked ok. I drove her the rest of the way home just limping her in through each gear not going over 3 k. I pull into my driveway and she is missing and all kinds of **** she shut herself off and i am very afraid. Well i take the 2 plugs out closest to the front of the car and they are covered with oil and smashed. So i got a neighbor to help me push her into the garage and i havent had the guts to look at the car since i know its my fault this **** happened. I have looked at the goodside, I do have a 6.0L short block that i got while i was drunk and was thinking i could make a hella stroker, but still that takes money that i cannot afford to spend anymore, so my guess is the car will be in the garage for atleast a few months at the most can anyone give me some ideas of what might of happened? btw the oil light was on the whole way home sounds like you exceeded your injectors and leaned her out real bad and maybe blew your rings? if oil is all over your plugs thats def bad. if your A/F guage went mad lean early on, and you kept sprayin, then to me that sounds like you might have maxed out your pump or your injectors. bad juju paduwon. you might try posting in the nitrous section, cuz it sounds like you might have fried your rings. since you did this on the bottle they may have something to offer.
if i'm totally off....someone please correct me. thats just what it sounds like to me.
if i'm totally off....someone please correct me. thats just what it sounds like to me.
If by smashed you mean the fingers are bent over touching the electrodes then you went way lean and the plugs got too hot. Same thing happened to me except mine were totally gone, not bent over. I replaced them and it seemed to run ok but didnt feel as strong. Found out I had burnt a hole in my #7 piston. Engine was shot, ended up doing what is in my sig.
Trending Topics
Yeah I would guess that a ring gland let go cracked or something along that line. They heat the rings expand and try to dig into the walls and usually crack if not remove a piece of the piston.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 14,620
Likes: 17
From: BFE
Well it went lean, and besides your plugs, something is fried. The oil is an indication of crack or fried rings.(or both)
One thing though, why would you spray 25 seconds??? 
Don't you know it should be 15>20sec total spray? and in fifth??
The load on the engine is tremedeous at that ratio.
For sure it is teardown time.. Good luck and I hoped you learned from your mistakes.
One thing though, why would you spray 25 seconds???
Don't you know it should be 15>20sec total spray? and in fifth??
The load on the engine is tremedeous at that ratio.
For sure it is teardown time.. Good luck and I hoped you learned from your mistakes.
