This morning I drove my car to my pops and it drove fine. It felt strong as can be. Once I got out there, I turned the key off and let it sit for several hours. I tried starting it up after 5 hours, and it cranked and cranked, but wouldn't start. I smelled a strong odor of gasoline. It finally cranked over, but the motor sounded VERY raspy at first. I was able to reverse out of the driveway and get onto the street.
It lacked power. Going in 1st and 2nd it lacked power and sputtered if if I pressed the gas all the way down. Once shifting into neutral at the stop sign, the rpms idled at 2000. Getting onto the highway, it only had 10% power and couldn't go over 50 mph. I was able to limp the 5 miles to the auto shop where I get my car serviced. The whole time, blue and black smoke was blowing out the exhaust.
Once I parked the car, it idled at 2000 to 2500 RPMs. There was no knocking or pinging noise coming from the motor. The raspy sound dissapeared from the motor, but obviously it has some serious issues.
Does this sound like a blown head gasket or bad cylinder head?
The weird thing is it ran like a champ this morning. Then the afternoon it's like Satan or something took over the motor and made it run like crap. It was a very unexpected event. Hopefully anyone can give me bad news now before the mechanic calls me in the morning with bad news. I can at least sleep somewhat better.
There was no burning oil smell, the motor was not shuddering or vibrating bad, it was running smooth while idling abnormaly high. No knocking sound was heard. The oil appeared to be in sound condition. The oil pressure was normal, no overheating was noted.
It lacked power. Going in 1st and 2nd it lacked power and sputtered if if I pressed the gas all the way down. Once shifting into neutral at the stop sign, the rpms idled at 2000. Getting onto the highway, it only had 10% power and couldn't go over 50 mph. I was able to limp the 5 miles to the auto shop where I get my car serviced. The whole time, blue and black smoke was blowing out the exhaust.
Once I parked the car, it idled at 2000 to 2500 RPMs. There was no knocking or pinging noise coming from the motor. The raspy sound dissapeared from the motor, but obviously it has some serious issues.
Does this sound like a blown head gasket or bad cylinder head?
The weird thing is it ran like a champ this morning. Then the afternoon it's like Satan or something took over the motor and made it run like crap. It was a very unexpected event. Hopefully anyone can give me bad news now before the mechanic calls me in the morning with bad news. I can at least sleep somewhat better.
There was no burning oil smell, the motor was not shuddering or vibrating bad, it was running smooth while idling abnormaly high. No knocking sound was heard. The oil appeared to be in sound condition. The oil pressure was normal, no overheating was noted.
