thank you! actually it was a rod... i had to swap out the engine and it kind of sucks b/c i swapped for a used engine and it does not perform quite as well as my other one did before the rod. i still have the broken engine and would like to eventually place it back in if i can fix the problem. can you fix an engine w/ this particular problem? i dont think it failed completely b/c the engine didn't seized.
thank you for your insight!