Kind of like that, but the clunk is louder and the stall is followed by the a deep, sad sigh, if not outright crying.

I don't know that there's necessarily a specific mileage countdown. People seem to be having this problem at just about all ranges of the scale. It would have been nicer if mine had blown at 4,000, though, while everything was still under waranty.

My experience (earned the hard way) is that if you hear so much as a tick in an SVT engine, stop driving the car ASAP and have it towed to the dealer, or a shop that you trust.


2000 CSVT: silver frost, on stands spun bearing = crunchy motor