Thread: I Need Help! Major Car Problems :( I Feel Like Crying...

A little seeping leak is nothing as long as you've kept the oil level up where it should be.

Now.. you say you were out with your friend. This "happened" when you stopped for a light and while that is possible, it's my experience it's not always the case.

Lemme ask you this question then.. how fast were you going say in the 20 minutes before this..and or .. did you win the race?

PS, Since Ryno is helping Hippo...I'm kinda wondering where the other guys like Elephant and Giraffe are?

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

A little seeping leak is nothing as long as you've kept the oil level up where it should be.

Now.. you say you were out with your friend. This "happened" when you stopped for a light and while that is possible, it's my experience it's not always the case.

Lemme ask you this question then.. how fast were you going say in the 20 minutes before this..and or .. did you win the race?

Yes about EXACTLY 20 minutes b4, i floored it on the freeway to see if the car was any fast. It got up to 80 MPH and didn't accelerate anymore, which is probably when it "happened".

Sucks that you only got to 80mph. Likely though..if it stopped accelerating, that's when the knock sensors detected an issue (noise) and pulled timing which you later could hear.

Originally Posted by FordMan77

What else is sqeaking/tapping in that vid? It almost sounds like the waterpump is bouncing around. Although it does sound like a rod knock, have you tried removing the belt and starting it for a short time to see if the noise stops? Obviously don't let it run for more than a minute or 2 w/o the belt.

I've done work on other cars where accessories go bad and have a knocking noise (waterpump once, tensioner pulley x2). I just wonder that if at 80mph (which would be about 2500+ rpms in a GT) something is wobbeling enough to be picked up by the knock sensors?

Just trying to look at this from another angle (hopefully a less costly one)

Actually it was getting up to 5000 RPMs (no idea what gear) at 80 mph, so took my foot off the gas, idk.