SEAWOLF
GOLD Star
I was driving home from dinner and I noticed my speed dropped rather quickly, about 5mph. I was on the highway, going about 65-70 @ 2,700-3000k RPMs. Was it the wind? A slight hill? No. I then began to hear a noise...I thought it might be my exhaust...I noticed some small holes forming where the header meets the down pipe, on the old rusted welds. I thought, since it was getting sort of loud, that it might be ‘letting go’.
Keep in mind this all happened in seconds.
The noise, which sounded more like high revving now, began to get louder. I noticed some vibration in the drivetrain. I was about 500 feet from an exit. As I began to exit, the noise went from troublesome, to a full on racket. It sounded like I lost a belt...as if it were somehow attached to a pulley still and slapping around inside the engine compartment. As I took the off ramp, the engine shut off, and I coasted to a stop on the off ramp shoulder. I tried to turn the key just once to see if I was dreaming...without the road noise it sounded like I forgot a screwdriver under the valve cover.
When I opened the door I could smell the oil. I looked underneath and it was pretty well coated, from the back of the oil pan to the rear axle. When I put the flashlight up to the pan, where the plug is, I could see oil surging out from above. I immediately was under the impression that the real main seal or the galley plug had failed. I’m guessing that a loss of pressure at high speed is just about the worst thing you can do to a 2F?
Fast forward, AAA is loading my 60 on the flatbed. As the ramp angles up to about 45 degrees, there is another oil dump as it begins to piss from above the rear section of the pan. Lost at least a quart inside 2 minutes, but the flow stopped once the ramp leveled out. I’ve never been in this situation before, I know it’s super annoying to try and diagnose what happened from a distance, but I’d like to know what I’m up against before I make my next move.
Keep in mind this all happened in seconds.
The noise, which sounded more like high revving now, began to get louder. I noticed some vibration in the drivetrain. I was about 500 feet from an exit. As I began to exit, the noise went from troublesome, to a full on racket. It sounded like I lost a belt...as if it were somehow attached to a pulley still and slapping around inside the engine compartment. As I took the off ramp, the engine shut off, and I coasted to a stop on the off ramp shoulder. I tried to turn the key just once to see if I was dreaming...without the road noise it sounded like I forgot a screwdriver under the valve cover.
When I opened the door I could smell the oil. I looked underneath and it was pretty well coated, from the back of the oil pan to the rear axle. When I put the flashlight up to the pan, where the plug is, I could see oil surging out from above. I immediately was under the impression that the real main seal or the galley plug had failed. I’m guessing that a loss of pressure at high speed is just about the worst thing you can do to a 2F?
Fast forward, AAA is loading my 60 on the flatbed. As the ramp angles up to about 45 degrees, there is another oil dump as it begins to piss from above the rear section of the pan. Lost at least a quart inside 2 minutes, but the flow stopped once the ramp leveled out. I’ve never been in this situation before, I know it’s super annoying to try and diagnose what happened from a distance, but I’d like to know what I’m up against before I make my next move.
