right Pete..?? when I'm forking out over 100.00 a fill up in gas tank.. My heart pounds sometimes.. well.. guess not just me... probably most of you guys feel that these days.. unless you're a millionaire.. or close to it.. so when my engine started to tick a little..)) and now... KNOCKING badly.. and finally snap sound made my engine bleed badly, with milk shake oil, from the engine,dripping in my driveway..,shishkabob.. (sounds horrible..??!!%%)huh..?? I really wanted to consider the gas wise thoughts..well the description I had given is exactly what happened..( give me any ideas.. if there is any possibilities to save my engine,,)))LOL..LOL..LOL,, Well I could laugh now.. but you know the moment, when my engine went with a big SNAP sound, and ticking became a hard, loud, KNOCKING.. my heart just shrunked out to the max...I know some of you guys are very good technically, and mechanically,,, if you have any ideas to save my engine,, that would be a great thing.. But I know that this would take a lot more money to rebuild, than to just replacing it with a new/used engine,,anyways.. give me some inputs on technical/mechanical inputs.. on my project will be appreciated... if anyone has gone though this before.. there must have been some kind of difficulties that had come along.. it's my first time, and any input will be appreciated.. thanks.. jc..