Ford 2.3 turbo question, mechanics step in

[Shoot Summ]

I havent done anything with the car yet as i havent had time. But that being said yes it is a non interference motor and i seriously doubt a valve is bent. I seriously think its in the timing. My friend told me he put new plugs and wires on it recently before it jumped time.

To make matters worse my Brake on/off switch on my daily driver bit the dust between fri and mon night. So now it wont shift out of park n the brake lights dont work. So not i gotta fix that too, thank god for backup cars.

If you friend put new plugs and wires in recently I would check them out really well. I have a "friend" that installed new plugs in his truck once and had an odd miss, discovered he had cracked an insulator on a plug....

 

[Blinocac200sx]

Does it have stock cams?

 

[bmwguy25]

Does it have stock cams?

cam...

 

[Blinocac200sx]

cam...

Yeah, that's what I meant, I'm just so used to having multiple cams, I add an s out of habit.

 

[AKguy1985]

as far as i'm aware the cam is stock. I'll try and get a video/audio recording of this sound with my phone.

 

[AKguy1985]

okay here is couple videos i shot with my phone, audio quality isint that great but you should be able to hear the popping sound.



2nd one is just idling

 

[ronny]

Yep, just like I suspected all along; popcorn.

 

[bmwguy25]

Do you have the firing order right, sounds like preignition/wrong firing order.

 

[pb2624]

It doesn't as the 2.3 is a non-interference motor that will not much the valves when you break a timing belt like most of foreign 4-bangers. You are probably a tooth off on the timing belt as it is very easy to do on these motors when changing the belt. Changed mine twice on my 84 SVO and about 4 other T-bird, Merkur, and SVOs that I knew when I owned it. This sounds like the same symptoms that I had on my first belt change if I remember correctly.

 

[AKguy1985]

well the verdict is in. Apparently when it jumped time it broke a rocker arm and jacked the cam up.