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?

 

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

 

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?

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.