Blown engine....does this explanation sound feasible? UPDATE
Just got a call from my mechanic. My mustang has been in the shop for like 2 weeks now. Had a small antifreeze leak. Brought in as soon as I saw that their was an issue. I was away last week so told mechanic to take his time and let me know what was up.
Leak was coming from the gasket around the T-stat. After replacing gasket around the T-stat, it still leaked. Then replaced with the OEM Ford parts. Still leaked. Then determined it was a crack in the plastic intake manifold. So today they were going to replace the plastic with a new metal one.
Well mechanic just called to tell me they started up the car to move into the garage and a "god awful noise" happened when they started the car. Immediately they turned the key off.
They looked under the car and saw a bunch of metal. Turns out something blew thru the engine and there is a hole in the engine block! What the hell!!!!
So the staff plays Monday quarterback and try to figure out what the heck just happened. The only thing they could come up with was that some antifreeze had gotten into one the the cylinders where only air is suppose to go. Piston couldn't compress the antifreeze so it just blew! It said he had never seen that happen in a Ford. He said sometimes when something like that does happen the antifreeze will just burn off and you will leave a trail of white smoke. Oh but not my car. The engine just had to blow! I am dumbfounded right now.
The car only has 72,000 miles on it. Now with a dead engine.
Only feasible solution would be to find a low mileage engine and replace it.
He was going to make a few phone calls to see what was around.
So.....does my mechanic's explan tion sound feasible? Would this have been something on going or something the mechanic could have done?
So if I'm swapping out an engine, should I do any other upgrades? The car is a 1997 Mustang GT, Stock.
Just got a call from my mechanic. My mustang has been in the shop for like 2 weeks now. Had a small antifreeze leak. Brought in as soon as I saw that their was an issue. I was away last week so told mechanic to take his time and let me know what was up.
Leak was coming from the gasket around the T-stat. After replacing gasket around the T-stat, it still leaked. Then replaced with the OEM Ford parts. Still leaked. Then determined it was a crack in the plastic intake manifold. So today they were going to replace the plastic with a new metal one.
Well mechanic just called to tell me they started up the car to move into the garage and a "god awful noise" happened when they started the car. Immediately they turned the key off.
They looked under the car and saw a bunch of metal. Turns out something blew thru the engine and there is a hole in the engine block! What the hell!!!!
So the staff plays Monday quarterback and try to figure out what the heck just happened. The only thing they could come up with was that some antifreeze had gotten into one the the cylinders where only air is suppose to go. Piston couldn't compress the antifreeze so it just blew! It said he had never seen that happen in a Ford. He said sometimes when something like that does happen the antifreeze will just burn off and you will leave a trail of white smoke. Oh but not my car. The engine just had to blow! I am dumbfounded right now.
The car only has 72,000 miles on it. Now with a dead engine.
Only feasible solution would be to find a low mileage engine and replace it.
He was going to make a few phone calls to see what was around.
So.....does my mechanic's explan tion sound feasible? Would this have been something on going or something the mechanic could have done?
So if I'm swapping out an engine, should I do any other upgrades? The car is a 1997 Mustang GT, Stock.