I sitting on the side of the road. As I pulled away from a red light in traffic the Mini made a loud pop I thought I had a blow out. But once I made it to the side of the street. I realized it was the motor! The RPM was at about 2k or so. I lifted the hood and it was nocking loud and hard. I shut it down now I am waiting on my son to come get me:mad2:
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This is one of those sounds we NEVER want to hear, much less feel in the loss of power. :frown2: I can only hope it is an easy fix for you....:fingerscrossed:
It would be nice if it was just a spark plug. But all the wires were still in place. I drove by it just know on my way home and it's a sad sight sitting there! I'm off to get a tow dolly and go drag it home
Bad news Lee. Keep us updated once you get more info. With your skills you'll have it back whining in no time.
visions of piston rod sticking out of block... never good. Need to know it was just a silly hose that popped off.
Thanks everyone. I seems I have got lucky. I got it home where I could hear better. Turned out to be a plug as Dave suggested. Got some new plugs and it tightened down all seems fine. I will take a better look around tomorrow
Coulda been a lot worse! I had the porcelain pop out of a plug right after I rebuilt the engine in my old Samurai... Thought it was toast with only 5 miles on the new motor!