Greetings all, I first posted in the "Introductions" forum and was advised to come here . First I'm a proud owner of a SN95(5.0) GT vert 5-speed and it's my first car that I've ever purchased. It had 87k miles on it and currently at 106K miles. Mods: CAI,short shifter, flowmaster exhaust, cowl hood, cobra bodykit . It's my daily for now which explains the few mods. To be completely honest, I never liked mustangs. I always liked and wanted a T/A WS6. To make a long story short, I was in dire need of a car and something about this mustang caught my eye oddly enough. I purchased the car and the car grew on me along with the extremely and surprisingly friendly stang community where in the end has me loving the car . The inner mechanic has sprouted out of me since owning this car and have been doing my own minor maintenance to the car ie: brakes,water pump, plugs, distributor, radiator etc. So I'm not afraid of getting down and dirty.
Now, I have an issue with the vehicle that SOUNDS to be severe but may not be as bad. It all started about a month ago where I was running late to a gig(musician) and was driving the car as if it were stolen. I was doing 135mph for about 10mins on a straight away back road(yeah i know that's reckless but I was in a hurry) and suddenly I get a CEL but it goes away about 15secs later. I noticed that with the car if I made an extremely sharp turn it would do that so I thought it to be nothing. Then it came on again but this time was lit for a good minute so I got nervous but kept at it. Then I noticed that I was dropping speed suddenly and was now at 115mph(pedal is in floor btw). I back off to 65mph after that, when i came to a yield sign thats when I noticed such lack of power and also white smoke and a straining motor. I seen the engine temp was near the Red which didn't usually happen. My chest was pounding in fear. When i reached my destination, i did my business, took a break to check the damage. The car kinda struggled to start but it started, there was a knocking sound along with the motor almost stalling then suddenly jump to 2500RPM to compensate, like a vacuum leak, then went down to 1500. The white smoke was now more evident. Under the hood I noticed oil on the right side of the upper intake as if it were sprayed on and oil drops on the plug wires. There was also a small pool of oil on the lip of the valve cover(driver side) towards the firewall. Other side seems to be clean.I figured it's a head gasket but the knocking is what's got me spooked :confused1:. It doesn't sound like Rod knock due to knock's somewhat high pitch and low volume. I finally got the car home last week(towed). I was thinking burnt valves but I don't know what burnt valves sound like versus a rods :dontknow:. I can take pictures and shoot video to give a better idea if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Now, I have an issue with the vehicle that SOUNDS to be severe but may not be as bad. It all started about a month ago where I was running late to a gig(musician) and was driving the car as if it were stolen. I was doing 135mph for about 10mins on a straight away back road(yeah i know that's reckless but I was in a hurry) and suddenly I get a CEL but it goes away about 15secs later. I noticed that with the car if I made an extremely sharp turn it would do that so I thought it to be nothing. Then it came on again but this time was lit for a good minute so I got nervous but kept at it. Then I noticed that I was dropping speed suddenly and was now at 115mph(pedal is in floor btw). I back off to 65mph after that, when i came to a yield sign thats when I noticed such lack of power and also white smoke and a straining motor. I seen the engine temp was near the Red which didn't usually happen. My chest was pounding in fear. When i reached my destination, i did my business, took a break to check the damage. The car kinda struggled to start but it started, there was a knocking sound along with the motor almost stalling then suddenly jump to 2500RPM to compensate, like a vacuum leak, then went down to 1500. The white smoke was now more evident. Under the hood I noticed oil on the right side of the upper intake as if it were sprayed on and oil drops on the plug wires. There was also a small pool of oil on the lip of the valve cover(driver side) towards the firewall. Other side seems to be clean.I figured it's a head gasket but the knocking is what's got me spooked :confused1:. It doesn't sound like Rod knock due to knock's somewhat high pitch and low volume. I finally got the car home last week(towed). I was thinking burnt valves but I don't know what burnt valves sound like versus a rods :dontknow:. I can take pictures and shoot video to give a better idea if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
