2002 LSE V8.
Has been taking oil, smells like burnt oil when I put it in the garage at night. When the car hasn't warmed up fully, sometimes when I pull away from my driveway, the RPMs will suddenly drop, almost like stomping on the brakes. It'll do it once, and that's it--and not always.
The other problem I have is this: if I put the transmission in the manual mode and stand on the throttle (causing a 2-1 kickdown), the car does the same thing as above. It's like someone mashes on the brakes. It actually causes the tires to chirp and the traction control to kick in (the light flashes). If I leave the transmission in D5 and do the same thing, it does the normal 2-1 kickdown without any problems whatsoever.
When I've got time I'll pull the valve covers off and look at the coils. I'm assuming the burning oil is due to the valve covers, but I'm wondering if the sudden stopping I'm experiencing is due to a coil dying or if it's the transmission control module, solenoid, something like that.
Any insight?
Also, when I get the coils out, does anyone have the specs for what the resistances should be? What's the preferred replacement coil? I've seen Accel, advance auto parts, autozone, and motorcraft coils discussed here...
Thanks much.
Has been taking oil, smells like burnt oil when I put it in the garage at night. When the car hasn't warmed up fully, sometimes when I pull away from my driveway, the RPMs will suddenly drop, almost like stomping on the brakes. It'll do it once, and that's it--and not always.
The other problem I have is this: if I put the transmission in the manual mode and stand on the throttle (causing a 2-1 kickdown), the car does the same thing as above. It's like someone mashes on the brakes. It actually causes the tires to chirp and the traction control to kick in (the light flashes). If I leave the transmission in D5 and do the same thing, it does the normal 2-1 kickdown without any problems whatsoever.
When I've got time I'll pull the valve covers off and look at the coils. I'm assuming the burning oil is due to the valve covers, but I'm wondering if the sudden stopping I'm experiencing is due to a coil dying or if it's the transmission control module, solenoid, something like that.
Any insight?
Also, when I get the coils out, does anyone have the specs for what the resistances should be? What's the preferred replacement coil? I've seen Accel, advance auto parts, autozone, and motorcraft coils discussed here...
Thanks much.