npole
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2019 model, the car has 20,000 Km (12,000 miles), serviced at 15,000 Km (9,000 miles), next service was due in another 10,000 Km (6,000 miles).
Was driving on a fast road, so not so high speed but mid-high rpm during the overtakes.
It was driving normal, no performance issues or temperatures concerns, suddenly I started to hear a metallic rubbing sound, I only noticed it because I had road panels on a side, so that noise was reflected back to me (window down), it was like a piece of metal vibrating.
The noise intensified pretty quickly, I reduced the speed and started to drive slow to figure what was going on, the noise transformed in a wrecked dwell pump type sound (can't really describing it, but was pretty indicator that something bad was happening).
At that point the orange engine light turned on and lost all the power, I could manage to drive slow in 5th gear to find a place to stop the car at the side of the road, trying to press the clutch (to change the gear) would stall the engine, to the point it shut down and showing a "low oil pressure" warning on the display, releasing the clutch would turn it back on.
Then I managed to park, the car never come back alive (trying to press the START button won't engage the starter, it does just a "click").
They kept it and transferred to the Ford dealer via truck. They will give to me some more details today or in the upcoming day.
I don't know what happened, but for the scary sound I heard coming from the engine, I'm almost sure that it was the sound of a cylinder (or more than one) f*ed up. Had no oil leak, water was in the low zone of the tank but OK, the engine bay smelled a little "burned" but no smoke or anything that was a clear indicator of anything out of ordinary.
And this the story of my Bullitt. I never heard of a Bullitt had a similar experience (while for the GT350 seems to have happened because of faulty valves in same cases). Will keep ya updated, if any of you have heard about a similar happening, lemme know, I'm curious.
UPDATE: engine is done and will be changed (see the other posts)
Was driving on a fast road, so not so high speed but mid-high rpm during the overtakes.
It was driving normal, no performance issues or temperatures concerns, suddenly I started to hear a metallic rubbing sound, I only noticed it because I had road panels on a side, so that noise was reflected back to me (window down), it was like a piece of metal vibrating.
The noise intensified pretty quickly, I reduced the speed and started to drive slow to figure what was going on, the noise transformed in a wrecked dwell pump type sound (can't really describing it, but was pretty indicator that something bad was happening).
At that point the orange engine light turned on and lost all the power, I could manage to drive slow in 5th gear to find a place to stop the car at the side of the road, trying to press the clutch (to change the gear) would stall the engine, to the point it shut down and showing a "low oil pressure" warning on the display, releasing the clutch would turn it back on.
Then I managed to park, the car never come back alive (trying to press the START button won't engage the starter, it does just a "click").
They kept it and transferred to the Ford dealer via truck. They will give to me some more details today or in the upcoming day.
I don't know what happened, but for the scary sound I heard coming from the engine, I'm almost sure that it was the sound of a cylinder (or more than one) f*ed up. Had no oil leak, water was in the low zone of the tank but OK, the engine bay smelled a little "burned" but no smoke or anything that was a clear indicator of anything out of ordinary.
And this the story of my Bullitt. I never heard of a Bullitt had a similar experience (while for the GT350 seems to have happened because of faulty valves in same cases). Will keep ya updated, if any of you have heard about a similar happening, lemme know, I'm curious.
UPDATE: engine is done and will be changed (see the other posts)
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