my engine went kaboom! no more car

[luke]

> Damn, that really sucks.  Congrats on destroying an
> I-5, maybe you can figure out a way to hang it on the
> wall?

maybe i can add some legs and make it into a chair :)

> So did the ticking sound like really pissed off
> lifters or a hammering sound like a bad bearing?  I
> wounder if your oil pump grenaded, and caused
> starvation and now everything is angry?  Did you see
> the oil line blow, or do you think it could have been
> the cause?  How's the compression?

havent checked compression yet... the oil line went about 2 minutes after
the problem started... i tracked the oil spill back on the highway and the
leak
was way after the problem started...
i think it was really really pissed off lifters...
not sure yet though... when i bring it home tonight im going to start
tearing apart to see.

luke