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Not sure what's wrong

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Okay so one night I red lined my 1996 FTO GPX (2000cc mivec) then when I went to park I felt the car starting to stutter a bit. This morning I checked the car, I've noticed that the timing belt seems to be making a loud clacking noise and the exhaust is a lot louder than it normally is (on top of that smoke is billowing out of the muffler but I have no idea if it's just because of the weather or not). Any ideas? The car worked fine before I red lined it, but I've never had a problem with it before.
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Get ye to a mechanic. Sounds like youve broken something serious. Smoke is not a good sign.
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    :lol: seriously
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    What im trying to say is that is serious enough to not be a forum diagnosis job. The more you try and diagnose the greater the damage you are likely to do.
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      Timing belt jumped a tooth I reckon.
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      Was low on transmission fluid, anyone have any ideas how I can tell if it's starting to get low before hand? That way I can top it up earlier. Also any recommended fluids for FTOs? Glad it wasn't anything major...
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      Erm..

      Check with the dipstick... check it with the car running and at operating temperature. That is what it's for.

      Although you shouldn't lose any transmission fluid. You must have a leak somewhere.
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      I call troll
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