Please help.. possible dsamage to my motor!

[UnderPressureGT]

Ahhh i have a mostly stock 105K 5.0 motor which burns oil (i think valve seals) a quart a week... Well i had to take a long ride for my boss at work.. probably 50 miles and then my low oil lioght comes on..

When my low oil light came on, i looked for a gas station but the town was absolutely dead.. I got nervous because i smelled this aweful medal burning smell.. then i started to hear a knock...,, I soon ditched my car on the side of the road and hitched to a gas station.. When i put the oil in, the knock immediately went away, but the aweful smell was still there.... soo an hour later on my way home, i was getting on it fast to see if anything bad happened and is killing my performance.. but i noticed nothing different... When i got 2 blocks away from my house, it started making a TAPPPPING TICKING sound when it revved up

A half hr later from letting my car sit, i start it up and took it for a ride.. the tapping sound was gone, until it warmed up and it gradually got louder...
what could it be ?? Please tell me i didnt severely damage my motor.. Is it time for a set of thumper heads??

 

[IndyBlk5.0]

do a compression test. That will tell how your rings are
Go from there.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

Well my valvetrain was perfectly quiet until this happened.. Bad lifter?? what could it be.. :-/

 

[drgn5.0]

i think stock 5.0 valvetrain is noisy as hell, or it gets that way with a lot of miles. if youhave good compression and good oil pressure i wouldnt worry about it. i guess just keep topping it off till it gets fixed.

 

[Look Its Aaron]

Check to see if the oil pump is working correctly.

 

[Js5ohLX]

Sounds to me like you wiped the bearings out. Drive it till it dies, but in the meantime, save for a new motor.

 

[kdog_x]

Could also be a lifter starting to go, where did it sound like it was coming from? With the car running put your hand on the oil pan, if you can feel it through the pan then it's more likely a bottom end problem. Depends on what it sounds like, mechanic's stethoscope would be best to track down noises though.

Do check the compression and pressure though, those are kind of a must.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

The sound seems like its coming from the top but im not positive.... it makes the sound when the motor warms up... very similar to a valvetap

 

[dastang2]

a lifter would do it when hot or cold and it would do it persistantly, not just when revved up. your problem sounds to me like a bad rod bearing. that is doing the same thing as my 95 v6 was doing when a rod bearing had gone bad.

 

[Js5ohLX]

I'm saying bearing, only because it has been run out of oil.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

Update today.... the smell is completely gone... I drove the car pretty hard to see if it was losing power anywhere and it feels no weaker then it did lsast week.. it still pulls VERY hard... and i traced down to where the taping sound was and its coming right under the passenger side valve cover... i got an oil change and there was no medal shavings in it, my oil pressure is 40 at idle and 60 driving..... Guys.. could my bottom end of survived and all i need is a new valvetrain?

Can i buy a set of thumpers with new lifters and pushrods with a new cam and intake and call it a day??

 

[Black331Stang]

for the price of thumpers and all new valves and upgraded springs u are better of replacing the stock bottom end and get a new shortblock or longblock. just my opinion. ut doing new heads and stuff isnt just a simple thing

 

[drgn5.0]

i would leave it alone if the car is running good. some cars make noises, yours is one of them now. the stock components are not that weak.

 

[UnderPressureGT]

Welll recent update.... this kid looked at my motor and told me i blew a header gasket... Damn if thats the case, im gonna kick myself for making myself worked up sooo badly!! ill replace the gasket tomorrow and see if it clears up

 

[UnderPressureGT]

ive replaced the gasket, but never kept retightening them.... i do feel the air coming out of it.. sooo hope to god thats my problem

 

[drgn5.0]

when you replace it you will have to keep tightening the bolts down every so often, new gaskets shrink.

 

[drgn5.0]

yeah, dont stress it, i'm sure the car is ok.