hey guys. thanks for all the help. i went to the shop yestarday and checked it out. yea, 70 bucks an hour for 10 hours to take apart pretty much the whole engine. apparently the engine got "cooked". actually most of the cylinders looked pretty good except for the farthest one on the left (passenger side). That little gap in between the cylinders that's supposed to be there was pretty much melted together. the shop said it was about the worst they've ever seen, but i'm sure that was an exageration. the car actually drove fine on the way over. really, the only symptoms i noticed in the days prior was the engine seeming hot, but then again, i live in texas and everything is boiling. i disregarded it because my temp gauge was acting normal, and no other lights, (well except the check engine / service lights) i've pretty much decided i'm going to salvage the car. transmission was not too great, turbo was about dead ( a lot of oil leakage) break pads / rotors about done for. i'm thinkin about trying to selling parts from it on ebay (the good parts obviously). does anybody do that here? it's definitley sad to see it go, i really liked that car. anyway, thanks for listening and helping out.

~kevin