Smoke, Bang and More Smoke.

Have it handled by the shop that did the major. If it is their work that is the cause, work it out.

But for now just wait and see. It could be very minor.

 

If a belt broke depending on the RPM' s you probably bent some valves. But whoever did the major should be looking at it, especially if this was a belt problem. Either way good luck to you.

 

Jody,
call me on my cell......... When you look back through the service records I gave you there arent many things that were not replaced in October by FoCF. That sucks.

 

Wow, that can't be good. Hope you get it worked out with minimal pain.

 

If you can't get it down (obviously), find a good independant in your area but definitely call the dealership that did the work and explain to them what's going on. You'll likely have to have the two parties coordinate.

--Dan

 

Pretty much any competent tech should beable to pin point the issue..hopefully its nothing major..what ever you do, don't start the car. Leave it to the shop to determine the source of the noise.

 

Jodi,

Fix and keep the car but move away from Fantasy Island fast!

 

I have never seen a date stamped on a belt. Maybe Fcar belts are different...

 

Anythings possible here including them not being changed when indicated.

 

were the cam belt tensioners done at the time of the belts? if the person was planning to sell the car he might not have wanted to change them and save the 800 bucks. just had everything done on my car at algar ferrari and they went over all the parts that were'nt perfect and made it my choice ended up costing me a extra 3k

 

Jodi,

I do not believe the "01" refers to the year. I believe it's a portion of the part number which I cannot verify from here.

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Sounds like a top end problem, ie: valves or valvesprings or cam timing (belts?).

Hopefully none of the valves went thru the pistons. You want to ease off the rpm's and park the car when this happens. It will sound like loud misfiring and a very rough running motor.

Hope you didn't rev the motor after the first bang.

 

Jodi,

The factory P/N for the timing belt is "184986". I believe this is the "1" you are seeing.

I doubt the belt is the age you mentioned.

 

Any update on the cause and result? (Hoping for the best).

 

Good luck

 

Was the smoke black, blue or white?

 

Jody,

Any news. Hope it's not too bad... I feel bad for you.

Simon.

 

Same - we all feel for you, I am sure. News?

 

Black would be overly rich, fuel problem. Like something is not firing right and not burning all the injector fuel in the cylinder.

Were you hearing backfiring/misfiring type of explosions or metal to metal banging coming from low on the motor? Rod knock/spun bearing will sound like a pan being banged.

I think it's a top end issue.
Can you describe the noise again?
Exploding misfires/backfiring or a rod knock?

With the belt setup on F-Cars, does sound like something could have slipped and the timing is off causing misfires without breaking the belt. Timing off, maybe some bent valves. Better a top end problem than a bottom end. Could be wrong, just thinking...