what happend?
 

ok guys i believe i blew my motor. today i was getting this wicked ticking sound from the valve cover later down the road i cnat go past 60 mph then i hear a bang and smoke every where..looked under the car and oil everywhere..what happend?

RE: what happend?
 

that happened to me to like 4 years ago mine was cause i let the oil go dry and still drove it more then likely your push rod went threw your block

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Sorry to hear man but it sounds like you threw a rod. Engine compression kept you from going over 60. You get regular oil changes? How many miles on the car? What engine do you have?

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oil was ok, i had a leak but there was oil.had 110k on d16y8. wondered if i did too much for the top end and nothing for bottom...stage2 cam, header, cai, skunk2 mani, throttle body.

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I doubt those mods are the cause.. How were you driving when it happened?

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how do you drive the car? like drive hard every gear ripping them up and down or just your occasional sprint up the street

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the occasional sprint about it. i believe i threw a rod but why.

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I'd say it is a rod berring, welcome to my world.

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ya coulda just been its time........

alls it takes is one steel shaving to end up in the wrong spot :(

sometimes it can never be explained BUT the aftermath is very noticable!!!!!

only way to fidn out what failed is to start pullen it apart. :( look at it realy close and try to find out where the rod was thrown.... but if oil is everywhere.... the block is probably trashed. :(