Car Problems: 1998 Lincoln Town Car Cartier
 

Weird. I've done quite a bit of work to this car. Alternator, both oxygen sensors, all 8 coil caps, and more. I have the NASCAR motor oil in it, and try and take really good care of it, but it's just coming apart at the seams it seems.

Car is losing power accelerating. Loses power going up hill, and I can floor it, it won't shift and get up and go. VERY strong smell of gasoline, and tonight started getting a lot of blue smoke. Don't think getting a code is going to work on this one. Any idears? TIA.

A Stevie Ray Vaughn funeral may be in the offing for this car.

Blinker fluid low?

How many miles?

238000

carburator.

heh. RIP dolly. it was a nice run.

Let it go home to the car cemetery in the sky.

Nah. Cars are known for going 400-500k and they are cheap and easy to work on.

Time to set it on fire.......kick back and watch the ****er burn!!!

well then... carb.

Willie the Wimp and his Town Car coffin.

Catalytic converter

sounds like one of the cylinders is'nt firing causing the fuel smell. Is it injection or carb?

ROFL this sounds like my grandfather

Sounds like valve guide seals or rings maybe.

Lol... You blew a seal.

Catalytic Converter clogged up?/repost

LMAO

I dunno, just came on over the last few days. We're gonna do some basic diagnostic and see if we can figure it out.

Try running some fuel additives. STP or BG... Something like that.
Get a compression test too. It could be just some fouled plugs or something simple but it sounds to me like the old girl might need some serious work.

I have about 270,000 on my 97 Toyota pickup. She is ugly but runs.

i got a '72 gremlin. i think you can use it for parts on that townie.
shoot me a pm.:thumb:
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I have an oil filter from a 93 F-250 in my garage if you need it.

Contact Argo if you need a "new" car. I heard he has one to sell.

I don't think that is what he meant by having/providing "tranny" work....

Sure it the smoke is blue?


Does it smell sweet?
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But if the engine light comes on a code will point us in the right direction.


do you still have my info?
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If it's got coil packs I'm guessing it's early 2000s. 4.6l?
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Serious question. Are you thinking antifreeze? I'm a decent shade tree mechanic and just curious what sweet smoke points to

Yeah. I'm thinking maybe a blown head gasket.

White smoke not blue.


Ever tasted antifreeze?

If so it smells just like it tastes when burnt.
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He's telling Flopnuts' car to drink antifreeze. Next stop is an insurance claim after driving it into an AIDS tree.

Says the man with a broke ass car. :D

That's what I thought as soon as you said "sweet". That would'nt cause the gas smell though, would it? Correct me if I'm wrong but, I figured fouled plug or injector.

Good call, that would be a very good possibility with that many miles.

Oh, and it doesn't have a carb to those that said that.:D

I hear Argo has a 1990 taurus for sale/sex

I have a 1996 Windstar van you could use to fix that old clunker.

Just tie your Lincoln to the rear bumper of my van and you can just pull the ol' piece of crap around.

LMAO

A vacationing penguin is driving through Arizona when he
notices that the oil-pressure light is on.* He gets out to
look and sees oil dripping out of the motor.* He drives to
the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.* After
dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around
town.

He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in
Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the
spot.* He gets a big bowl of vanilla ice cream and sits down
to eat.* Having no hands, he makes real mess trying to eat
with his little flippers.

After finishing his ice cream, he
goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's
found the problem.* The mechanic looks up and says, "It
looks like you´ve blown a seal."

"No, no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."

usually if there is too much fuel it's going to have tons of black smoke.

Unless it's flooded so bad the fuel has filled the crank case all the way up and is forcing oil into the cylinders
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Didn't you just say you were planning on dropping $50k+ on a new Vette? WTF are you doing with this heap of shit if you've got that kind of coin to blow ona sled?

Oh no, that’s just snow in my mustache. /Eskimo

Heap of shit? It's a freaking Cartier, do you even know what that means?

I suggest getting a good all season "CarTier". Goodyear is a decent brand.

But it's spelled "tire", not "tier" my friend.

Sounds like a compression/leak down test is in order.
Quick test I like is to use my spark plug to compressor adaptor, roll each cylinder around to TDC then pump compressed air to it and listen for leaks. It’ll lose some air to the crank case due to ring end gap but if it’s losing a lot it’s a broken ring(s). If it starts blowing bubbles in the radiator it’s a blown head gasket or cracked/warped head. If it starts blowing through the exhaust it’s a burnt exhaust valve, through the intake same song different verse.

Good god the planet has gone to total crap...

http://www.recyclemore.com/sites/def...Antifreeze.gif

According to KBB, it means it's worth about $3,500 once it's fixed assuming it's in very good condition. I don't know too many people who fix up a $3,500 car to park next to a $53,500 car.

So, Mr. Flopnuts. Did you find out what the problem was?

LMAO Yeah, I also said I was going to **** Kate Upton once too. I don't generally finance anything I don't have too. Although I'm currently considering an exception. Certainly not on a 50k toy though.

The engine took a shit. She was a beautiful car, but I'm not putting a new engine in a car worth less than 4k.

Sounds like your muffler bearings are loose.