This weekend I changed my fuel filter, and washed my K&N air filter. When I was done it was time for a test drive. After a long curvy run I was about to go home but I saw a road I had never been on that was basically a 5 mile straight away. I took off down the empty road and ran trough the gears. I turned around and came to a stop so I could try to launch it (never really have). Well here is where the shi* hits the fan. On my 3-4 shift...yes...I slam it into second. I will never forgive my self for this! The tac shoots up for about 1 second. But RPMs drop down normal and it seems to be kinda ok. No oil leaking when I look in the rear view. But the clutch seemed really light when I first was driving (now seems normal or close to what it was). I had to drive home about 5 miles. On the way home it died one time, when I put the clutch into down shift.
I havenā??t driven the car again. Something is not right; at idle the car has a small vibration, very small. But I donā??t see oil in the water reservoir. All spark plugs have no mechanical damage. I have the upper intake manifold off so I could get to the back cylinder bank. The lower manifold will be off today after I rent to tool to release the fuel lines. Then I will try to look into the cylinders if I can. My guess is I either bent a valve, spun a bearing, or maybe a bad throw out bearing. Would a 5 mile drive home blow a motor with a spun bearing? Can I get to them under the car if I a take off the oil pan? It looks like I will have to sell my SHO to keep this car running. Thanks for reading this, I really need advice.
