PINTO CAR CLUB of AMERICA

Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: From_Jonah on March 04, 2013, 09:49:13 PM

Title: Sounds like a problem...
Post by: From_Jonah on March 04, 2013, 09:49:13 PM

Hey guys! I've not been on in a while but I'm still around. Busy busy haha. Anyways, the Pinto has developed a noise in the motor. It doesn't do it at idle but when I'm accelerating it sounds like someone is shaking rocks in a tin can in my motor. It's pretty darn loud too. I'm also burning quite a lot of oil and when I cut the motor off it acts like it's choking out.

So yeah, I think I  have some sort of problem.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Sounds like a problem...
Post by: tbucketjack on March 04, 2013, 11:44:00 PM

Sounds like timing, and bad gas. Does it run on when you turn the key off?

Title: Re: Sounds like a problem...
Post by: 74pintoguy on March 05, 2013, 05:23:05 AM

If the engine makes the noise under load, you may have piston-slap.  The first Pinto I had years ago developed that and the only thing that fixed it was a new engine.  I was using about a quart of oil every 200 miles.

Title: Re: Sounds like a problem...
Post by: From_Jonah on March 05, 2013, 07:55:42 AM

@tbucketjack It doesn't really run but it doesn't go right it. It just chokes out til it goes off. Sometimes it takes a few seconds. Sometimes it's only a couple.

74pintoguy: That's about how much I'm burning. Maybe a little more.