its rebuild time!

well, i officially killed my 2.4

was on the highway goin 70 (trying to clean out the egr -kid before me didnt put a gasket on the header! ) ... got off onto the highway.. and whoa! what happened! my engine jumped a couple of times, then i had NO acceleration - im thinking i jumped timing or something to that extent - anyways i babied it home got about half a mile from my house and "BANG clink clink clink (sounded like i ran over a metal kitten) "
now its not turning with the starter.

i plan on rebuilding what i can, and replacing ONLY what i have to ( i live 3.2 miles from work and i have a nice bicycle)

so be for-warned, i will be asking questions about rebuilding my engine

Its done....just happened to me.......you blew the rod bearing right out......and possibly cracked your starter too.

take the head, block, and crank to a machine shop after tearing it all down is step # 1.

Hone the cylinders and have the block and head planed to make sure they are 100% flat, and to make sure the crank is still balanced. Also have the block acid dipped and the head sent through a good parts washer.

New rods, pistons, rings, rod and main bearings, head bolt set, are going to be the big set backs along with the machine work.