Just wow. So, where to begin. How about the recent mods i installed. Downpipe, 3" exhaust, air intake, oil catch can, bigger intercooler. Running a cobb off the shelf 93oct tune.
Drove the back roads to friends house, car feels great. Runs great. Couple days later picked them up at their house driving for the 1st time on the highway. I hear a vibration. Given the exhaust is much louder now i thought maybe i hung it wrong. Noise gets slightly more noticeable by the time we get to the super bowl party. Driving home 3 miles from my exit the noise is worse and its definitely coming from the engine bay. Mind you I'm doing 68-70 mph because i don't want to make things worse. I was thinking maybe my exhaust manifold heat shield is loose and vibrating against the metal coolant lines. Didn't want to stop but definitely should have. BANG!
Immediately pull over on the empty highway and shut the car down all within a 4 second timeframe. Towed home.
Just lifted her up today. The oil return line, above the oil pan, that mates to the engine block has blown off the block and took a jagged chunk of aluminum block with it.
So my question is what could've caused this? There is no way that crank case pressure was strong enough for that. What was the vibration/noise leading up to the bang? No check engine lights came on to warn me or indicate the bang was on it's way. I'd love to just think that this wasn't my fault and that i got a bad block from Ford.... but that seems pretty unrealistic. I don't know how yet, but it is FAR more likely to be an issue i created while modding
Thankfully i have an Uncle that can come fabricate a block off plate and weld it to the block. But that's only part 1 of this problem.
Drove the back roads to friends house, car feels great. Runs great. Couple days later picked them up at their house driving for the 1st time on the highway. I hear a vibration. Given the exhaust is much louder now i thought maybe i hung it wrong. Noise gets slightly more noticeable by the time we get to the super bowl party. Driving home 3 miles from my exit the noise is worse and its definitely coming from the engine bay. Mind you I'm doing 68-70 mph because i don't want to make things worse. I was thinking maybe my exhaust manifold heat shield is loose and vibrating against the metal coolant lines. Didn't want to stop but definitely should have. BANG!
Immediately pull over on the empty highway and shut the car down all within a 4 second timeframe. Towed home.
Just lifted her up today. The oil return line, above the oil pan, that mates to the engine block has blown off the block and took a jagged chunk of aluminum block with it.
So my question is what could've caused this? There is no way that crank case pressure was strong enough for that. What was the vibration/noise leading up to the bang? No check engine lights came on to warn me or indicate the bang was on it's way. I'd love to just think that this wasn't my fault and that i got a bad block from Ford.... but that seems pretty unrealistic. I don't know how yet, but it is FAR more likely to be an issue i created while modding
Thankfully i have an Uncle that can come fabricate a block off plate and weld it to the block. But that's only part 1 of this problem.
