Thought I busted a timing chain today...

pektel

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So I'm on my way home from a wedding today. I'm on the interstate doing 80, and outof the blue, I hear a "POP, bang bang bang bang bang" noise. The speed of the banging noise was adjusted with rpms. I thought it was a busted tensioner, or chain. But the car stayed running! I pulled off the interstate, and pulled into a Wendy's. I would've just pulled over on the freeway, but had the gf and the 2 kids with. I pop the hood, and listen closer. It's not a banging noise as I first thought. It was a huge vacuum noise. One of the spark plugs blew out of the top of the damn cylinder head! Busted the retaining eyelet off the coil. #7 cylinder.

Of course, I was 200 miles from home, and no tools. Luckily, I have an aunt that lives about 20 miles away from where I was stranded, so she came and brought me to Oreilly's where I was raped on a spark plug socket, 2 extensions, and a ratchet. But it was way cheaper than a tow truck.
 
So I'm on my way home from a wedding today. I'm on the interstate doing 80, and outof the blue, I hear a "POP, bang bang bang bang bang" noise. The speed of the banging noise was adjusted with rpms. I thought it was a busted tensioner, or chain. But the car stayed running! I pulled off the interstate, and pulled into a Wendy's. I would've just pulled over on the freeway, but had the gf and the 2 kids with. I pop the hood, and listen closer. It's not a banging noise as I first thought. It was a huge vacuum noise. One of the spark plugs blew out of the top of the damn cylinder head! Busted the retaining eyelet off the coil. #7 cylinder.

Of course, I was 200 miles from home, and no tools. Luckily, I have an aunt that lives about 20 miles away from where I was stranded, so she came and brought me to Oreilly's where I was raped on a spark plug socket, 2 extensions, and a ratchet. But it was way cheaper than a tow truck.


Plug work it's way loose? Hopefully it was the driver's side!
 
Yeah, that's exactly what happened! Courtesy of the auto repair shop (they messed around with coils/plugs when I was chasing a no start issue a few months ago).

The cylinder was #7. Drivers side, 3rd one back. I bought a hinged spark plug socket so I had a little adjustability.
 
something like this happened to me once but it was just the wheel-well getting coming loose and getting torn off and mangled up at speed.
 
something similar happened to me once in my 4.6 mustang, except mine was a spun rod bearing yay me! lol
 

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