Please Help!!!1

[TeishaLS]

I just purchased a 2000 Lincoln LS, approx 53,000 miles. Took the vehicle in to get an multi-point maintenaince check, all was well because the car was sitting cause I was slowly fixing the suspension issue ( ie ball joints, swap bar and brakes) But a friend need to hold it for work which they drove for 7 day at 150 miles roundtrip to work and home.

Well on to the real reason I am seeking help. He was driving locally in the area to an 7-11 and when he was about to leave the car turned on but to crank it the car has a loud noise from the right side of the engine, it sound like an lawn mower. Please help!!!! Car towed to Pep boys but they refused to touch due to they dont breakdown motors. But they did discovered the car was overfilled with oil and the only one who touch my car far as oil was the dealer when they did the oil change.

 

[joegr]

I wouldn't count on anything that PepBoys said. Be glad that they won't touch engine internals. I just wish they wouldn't touch cars at all. Never go there except to buy parts.

Anyway, you'll have to find a good local independent mechanic (not some chain like Firestone, Pepboys, whatever), or go to a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealer for a real diagnosis. That said, almost certainly your engine is toast. Probably you snapped a timing chain due to worn out chain tensioners. This has allowed valves to hit pistons and it's probably cheaper to replace the engine than to repair it.

I guess you could take it back to the dealer to find out if the oil level is really to high. It's unlikely that they over filled it since it takes almost seven quarts to fill it.

 

[TeishaLS]

Thank You so much.

 

[Shredicus]

I wouldn't count on anything that PepBoys said. Be glad that they won't touch engine internals. I just wish they wouldn't touch cars at all. Never go there except to buy parts.

Anyway, you'll have to find a good local independent mechanic (not some chain like Firestone, Pepboys, whatever), or go to a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealer for a real diagnosis. That said, almost certainly your engine is toast. Probably you snapped a timing chain due to worn out chain tensioners. This has allowed valves to hit pistons and it's probably cheaper to replace the engine than to repair it.

I guess you could take it back to the dealer to find out if the oil level is really to high. It's unlikely that they over filled it since it takes almost seven quarts to fill it.

Yikes snapped timing chain at 54k? That's pretty abnormal isnt it?

 

[LS4me]

Yikes snapped timing chain at 54k? That's pretty abnormal isnt it?

Sure seems awfully early!

 

[joegr]

Yikes snapped timing chain at 54k? That's pretty abnormal isnt it?

I agree, but we don't know the history here. Maybe the oil was hardly ever changed before the OP bought it? (It doesn't sound like it was well mantained otherwise.) Maybe the plastic tensioners break more based on time and start/stop cycles than mileage?

Maybe it's something else altogether.