Just blew something, SAD day for my SHO

[BayAreaSHO]

Was driving on the freeway and heard a loud clunk like something fell out of the car. Pulled off an off ramp and at the stoplight car simply turned off. Thought it might be my trans as I was expecting that to go soon, but there was smoke coming from the front of the engine bay from a canister it looks like under the front of the engine any help is appreciated


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[BayAreaSHO]

Update: it’s leaking all the oil


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[SHOdded]

Whoa! Sorry to hear! Gear oil or motor oil?

 

[BayAreaSHO]

Believe it’s gear oil... all over the downpipes all the way back to the rear of the car under it is coated in oil. Still waiting on the tow truck! 3am here in Cali now


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[BayAreaSHO]

Whoa! Sorry to hear! Gear oil or motor oil?

Actually I take that back, definitely motor oil I hope I didn’t seize the engine


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[SHOdded]

Ugh. If it is a PP Gen 5 car, it could be an oil cooler line, but yeah, the block could be toast. I would consider it unreliable at best at this point.

 

[BayAreaSHO]

It’s not a PP, it’s a Gen 4 a 2011 just got the car in May too


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[SM105K]

Venture to say it is the dreaded vented block mod.

 

[BayAreaSHO]

Wonder if anyone has ever LS swapped a SHO


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[BayAreaSHO]

In all seriousness, Ill be getting the car to my buddies shop in the next couple of days here to see whats wrong will keep this updated

 

[FiveLeeter918]

eek no bueno. good luck!

 

[BayAreaSHO]

Update: threw a rod threw the side of the block. going to dismantle the engine later today and see if the turbos are shot too. We are down for the count for a while it looks like. going to try and get my hands on a used or rebuilt motor, if anyone knows anywhere either online or have any contacts that can get me a good motor feel free to let me know. Sad day for this SHO

 

[Lostneye]

Sorry to hear. How many miles and was it tuned?

 

[BayAreaSHO]

Sorry to hear. How many miles and was it tuned?

It had 92k miles on it, tuned by AJP Turbo. SW Catted DP, Test pipes, k&n intake, gapped plugs and it just went as i was driving on the freeway...

 

[Lostneye]

It had 92k miles on it, tuned by AJP Turbo. SW Catted DP, Test pipes, k&n intake, gapped plugs and it just went as i was driving on the freeway...

Don't want to point fingers at Brad, was just curious. AT 92k miles and only owning it for a few months there could be a lot we don't know. Good luck finding a cheap motor to swap in. Check out www.car-part.com

 

[BayAreaSHO]

Don't want to point fingers at Brad, was just curious. AT 92k miles and only owning it for a few months there could be a lot we don't know. Good luck finding a cheap motor to swap in. Check out www.car-part.com

I was getting some erratic idling on occasion but not too much so i didnt think it was an issue. Also had throttle surge at lower RPMS. I just thought it was my tranny acting up as i thought that was what was going to go on my car, but not the engine

 

[SM105K]

You recently purchased the car as well correct? Was prior ownership's maintenance procedures known before purchase? Also what oil where you using?

 

[SHOdded]

Sorry to hear! Begin your search at car-part.com, look for 2013+ engines.

 

[BayAreaSHO]

You recently purchased the car as well correct? Was prior ownership's maintenance procedures known before purchase? Also what oil where you using?

Just got the car in May. The owner before me was an older guy, always did his maintenance at the dealership, he was the only owner before me. i use 5w30 full synthetic oil

 

[SHOdded]

Not necessarily the owner's fault. Tho the design of the engine is somewhat susceptible to destruction when the engine has not yet reached normal operating temperature and heavy throttle demand is placed upon it. I think most likely it is the low tension piston rings going bellyup. Sounds like there may have been loss of compression with that rough idle, MAYBE. Or could have been LSPI, or superknock.