Major engine trouble!!

Coupe50h · 08-01-2007, 01:39 PM

Just got the stang back on the road, has been running fine on short trips, today is my day off, so i thought id take the stang to work to get an inspection sticker.
I was almost there about 10 miles from my house, at the stoplight, and i heard loud rocker noise, or lifter noise, then i noticed my car smoking white smoke, it lost power, and started vibrating like it's running on 7 cylinders? I immediately turned around and went home, I popped the hood and the engine is running like crap, shaking around?

Im going to tear it down right now, I just installed tfs springs and some crane 1.7 rockers, already had an e-cam and some basic mods.
The noise went away mostly, but it's still smoking white? The lifters and pushrods are about the only thing that i havent replaced lately, hopefully someone can help me

Btw oil pressure stayed up the whole time.

Coupe50h · 08-01-2007, 06:32 PM

I pull the valve covers off, and to my amazment, # 3 intake rocker was laying on it's side, nothing was even scratched? no bent pushrods either, guess I forgot loctite....oh well, but now it's fixed, and im still seeing some white smoke out the tailpipes, but myabe it needs to be driven. any opinions on that? could I have took out an intake gasket? plugs are clean.

thnx

USMC302 · 08-01-2007, 07:18 PM

My first guess was the rocker coming loose, had that happen on a 95 once. Anyway, do a compression test on #3 to be sure rings are good, I would drive it around and let it run, it should be fine.

Coupe50h · 08-05-2007, 02:06 PM

Yep, smoke went away, everythings seems back to normal, close call.
Thanx for the support lol.

08-01-2007, 01:39 PM	#1
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	Major engine trouble!! Just got the stang back on the road, has been running fine on short trips, today is my day off, so i thought id take the stang to work to get an inspection sticker. I was almost there about 10 miles from my house, at the stoplight, and i heard loud rocker noise, or lifter noise, then i noticed my car smoking white smoke, it lost power, and started vibrating like it's running on 7 cylinders? I immediately turned around and went home, I popped the hood and the engine is running like crap, shaking around? Im going to tear it down right now, I just installed tfs springs and some crane 1.7 rockers, already had an e-cam and some basic mods. The noise went away mostly, but it's still smoking white? The lifters and pushrods are about the only thing that i havent replaced lately, hopefully someone can help me Btw oil pressure stayed up the whole time. __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

08-01-2007, 06:32 PM	#2
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	Re: Major engine trouble!! I pull the valve covers off, and to my amazment, # 3 intake rocker was laying on it's side, nothing was even scratched? no bent pushrods either, guess I forgot loctite....oh well, but now it's fixed, and im still seeing some white smoke out the tailpipes, but myabe it needs to be driven. any opinions on that? could I have took out an intake gasket? plugs are clean. thnx __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

08-05-2007, 02:06 PM	#4
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	Re: Major engine trouble!! Yep, smoke went away, everythings seems back to normal, close call. Thanx for the support lol. __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

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08-01-2007, 07:18 PM	#3
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	Re: Major engine trouble!! My first guess was the rocker coming loose, had that happen on a 95 once. Anyway, do a compression test on #3 to be sure rings are good, I would drive it around and let it run, it should be fine. __________________