Good news and bad news. Anyone who might be familiar with my many threads about a metallic rattling noise...if not...and interested...search for my threads over the past 9 months. Finally found a Ford dealer that was worth a crap and a good shop foreman. Today he calls me and tells me one of the valve guides in the head is wearing out causing the rattling noise. Has to put on two brand spankin' new heads. Guess there is a TSB out on this. So good news is someone finally figured out why my car rattles....and other good news its still under warranty cuz I imagine this wouldn't be a cheap fix. Bad news is my stang will be in the shop for a few days at least.
Sooo....for you techies out there. Is it possible that a wearing valve guide could have caused any damage to any other component of my car during the past 9 months. The foreman said the damage would have been contained to the heads if there was any...unless the valve hit the cylinder or piston, which I would have known about real quick.
Also....any Ford employees out there...this fix will be covered until my warranty runs out in Sept. If there is a TSB out on this, is it likely this problem will happen to me again on the new heads a year or two from now?
Finally, for those with similar probs. My car made a metallic rattle noise...almost sounded like a broken heat shield or something. Did it in neutral and any gear. Would rattle between 2k and 3.5k rpms. Didn't matter what the driving conditions. So if you have a similar sound...might want to check into this as a possible cause.
Oh, and on another note...the code I'm getting for a bad fuel sensor...for now they're blaming it on the manufacturer of gas I've been using. Said to switch gas brands and if it keeps coming on to bring it back in and they'll replace the sender unit and pump.
Sooo....for you techies out there. Is it possible that a wearing valve guide could have caused any damage to any other component of my car during the past 9 months. The foreman said the damage would have been contained to the heads if there was any...unless the valve hit the cylinder or piston, which I would have known about real quick.
Also....any Ford employees out there...this fix will be covered until my warranty runs out in Sept. If there is a TSB out on this, is it likely this problem will happen to me again on the new heads a year or two from now?
Finally, for those with similar probs. My car made a metallic rattle noise...almost sounded like a broken heat shield or something. Did it in neutral and any gear. Would rattle between 2k and 3.5k rpms. Didn't matter what the driving conditions. So if you have a similar sound...might want to check into this as a possible cause.
Oh, and on another note...the code I'm getting for a bad fuel sensor...for now they're blaming it on the manufacturer of gas I've been using. Said to switch gas brands and if it keeps coming on to bring it back in and they'll replace the sender unit and pump.