I am going to try to be as thorough as possible. I am going to list all symptoms since I have owned the car.
I bought my 2001 GT with 47k miles on the odo. The car now just passed 70k. Since then I have done an O/R midpipe/catbacks, and changed the plugs once (went to autolite which I regret doing). When I installed the exhaust I noticed a hush sound of "air flow" below the passenger seat. I assumed it was a small exhaust leak, never got around to doing anything with it as it seemed harmless.
This is where it gets rough. Ever since I owned the car, I have had an issue with it starting up every once in a while. Sometimes after it would start, it would almost die immediately. Never had an answer for it and it never seemed to cause any real issue. Last year I did a 3-4 gear pull and at the top of 4th gear the car misfired bad. That is when I installed the autolite plugs. Last night, I went to do a 3-4 pull, and when I got on the brakes right after the pull, I completely lost power steering, brakes, lights, and I couldn't hear the engine anymore, so I figured it shut off. I went to turn the key as I was rolling to realize the engine was still running, just at very low rpms. As I tried to put the engine into 4th, the revs were super weak.
There is a ticking coming from right behind the passenger wheel, and I can hear it out the exhaust. I am thinking this is the exhaust leak I was talking about earlier. That can be fixed. However the spark plug on cylinder 6 (3rd one back on passenger side) had zero gap in it when I pulled it out. All the other plugs were fine. I stuck a coat hanger down the cylinder and hand cranked the engine to feel for piston movement and it was moving.
There was a small knocking coming from the other side of the engine bay, but I almost think it is a loose engine mount, the car seemed to be shaking pretty bad.
I'm looking for possible suggestions and past experiences. I will be getting a borescope down in the cylinder sooner than later.
I bought my 2001 GT with 47k miles on the odo. The car now just passed 70k. Since then I have done an O/R midpipe/catbacks, and changed the plugs once (went to autolite which I regret doing). When I installed the exhaust I noticed a hush sound of "air flow" below the passenger seat. I assumed it was a small exhaust leak, never got around to doing anything with it as it seemed harmless.
This is where it gets rough. Ever since I owned the car, I have had an issue with it starting up every once in a while. Sometimes after it would start, it would almost die immediately. Never had an answer for it and it never seemed to cause any real issue. Last year I did a 3-4 gear pull and at the top of 4th gear the car misfired bad. That is when I installed the autolite plugs. Last night, I went to do a 3-4 pull, and when I got on the brakes right after the pull, I completely lost power steering, brakes, lights, and I couldn't hear the engine anymore, so I figured it shut off. I went to turn the key as I was rolling to realize the engine was still running, just at very low rpms. As I tried to put the engine into 4th, the revs were super weak.
There is a ticking coming from right behind the passenger wheel, and I can hear it out the exhaust. I am thinking this is the exhaust leak I was talking about earlier. That can be fixed. However the spark plug on cylinder 6 (3rd one back on passenger side) had zero gap in it when I pulled it out. All the other plugs were fine. I stuck a coat hanger down the cylinder and hand cranked the engine to feel for piston movement and it was moving.
There was a small knocking coming from the other side of the engine bay, but I almost think it is a loose engine mount, the car seemed to be shaking pretty bad.
I'm looking for possible suggestions and past experiences. I will be getting a borescope down in the cylinder sooner than later.
