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Posted by 03SVTPower (Member # 518) on :
 
Was getting onto the highway at WOT, wrapped out 3rd and when i shifted into 4th, car started running rough making a somewhat fluttering sound if i had/have to accelerate, feels like its missing and blue'ish smoke is slightly coming out of the tailpipes. Too dark to see anything under the hood so I limped the car home about 5miles. what should be somethings i can check on? I figure ill check spark plugs in the morning, but what else could it be possibly?
 

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Posted by Red00GT (Member # 5653) on :
 
ahhh ryan....a prob with cobra already!! jeez!

well obviously its burning oil because of the smoke...check EVERYTHING under the hood tomorrow.
 

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Posted by MysticJay96 (Member # 5290) on :
 
Sounds like you're burning oil...check your coolant(dark milk shake color=head gasket), run compression test(all cylinders Should be within 10% of each other and around 130psi or more?). Anything low like 90 or less in to cylinders next to each other points toward head gasket. Lastly, squirt to or three drops of oil into cylinders with low compression and see if it rises. This points towards piston rings. Since engine is pretty over built, It may not be a mechanical issue. Sometimes sensors tweak out and cause driveability problems. That usually leads to a DTC though. A compression test is pretty cheap and easy to do yourself. It's a good place to start.
 

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Posted by 03SVTPower (Member # 518) on :
 
well, checked out my spark plugs and the 2nd one from the front on the passanger side was somewhat loose and has a lil bit of oil on the spark plug, not sure what oil on the spark plug means but i dont think it can be too good, what does that mean?
 

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Posted by BlueOvalRacing (Member # 1531) on :
 
Do you have a small pulley on it? If so, there is a good chance you popped off the top ring land on 1 piston (or more). Take a look at the plugs for cyl's 4, 7, and 8 to see if there is any damage to the ground strap.
 

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Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 


OMG! Sorry to hear about all of this Ryan.

For those that don't know i sold him the Cobra about half a year ago and it didn't have any signs of probs back then

It does have a port and pulley....PLEASE let me know what happens as i hate to hear things like this

Have you ran a comp check or leakdown?

edit: Just wondering what new mods ya have Ryan if any at all.

[ August 21, 2006, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: TRIXSNK ]
 

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Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 
I know the board was down this mornin but I need an update Ryan

I'm really hoping it's nothing serious.
 

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Posted by 03SVTPower (Member # 518) on :
 

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Originally posted by TRIXSNK:
I know the board was down this mornin but I need an update Ryan

I'm really hoping it's nothing serious.

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Ive been busy the past couple of days so i havent been able to get around to doin a compression check, let alone going to the auto store to pick up the tool to do it. Havent been able to do any more mods, have parts still sitting in room just no time to get those on either.

You wanna buy some CCW's with new tires
 

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Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 

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Originally posted by 03SVTPower:

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Originally posted by TRIXSNK:
I know the board was down this mornin but I need an update Ryan

I'm really hoping it's nothing serious.

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Ive been busy the past couple of days so i havent been able to get around to doin a compression check, let alone going to the auto store to pick up the tool to do it. Havent been able to do any more mods, have parts still sitting in room just no time to get those on either.

You wanna buy some CCW's with new tires

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I understand you're a hard workin guy


Just wondering how high in the rpm's did you get in 3rd?

By the way i posted this on another forum just to get more of an idea what's going on once you have more info to share.

About the CCW's ...........i'll have to pass for now as Mr. Bell has takin quite a bit of money from me recently
 

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