well the thing has about 170k miles and i started getting water in the oil after i changed it. its been awhile since it was driven while i was in iraq and as soon as i noticed the white smoke i pretty much figured it was the intake gasket... but if im gonna have it broke down that far might as well throw in a new head gasket just incase. the knock starts after it warms up about 5 minutes or so, and there was a bunch of sludge below the intake manifold. i got as much as i could out and cleaned the heads, intake, rocker covers the best i could which was pretty damn good. but i have driven it MAYBE 10 miles i would say more around 6 and just hope i dont have to break it down again. since the new parts the oil pressure stays at about 50 which is alot better than before i did the work. cant work on it in onpost housing parking areas have to take it to a garage that costs 8 bucks an hour and it gets kinda expensive. i orded new bearings today and im gonna put them in on friday more than likely. thanx for the input and the advise just have to cross my fingers now and hope the crank and main bearings are ok.