I totally agree with you Cre! When my husband suggested putting something in to "buy" me another 50,000 (he must have been drinking) miles - I have to say it gave me a sick feeling. You know - the feeling you get when you are doing something horribly wrong! Hiding the problem doesn't help a thing! Then I came across a post about knocking and looked at this link from another post.
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http://s398.photobucket.com/albums/p...5-11-14-28.flv
I am happy to report that my engine sounds nothing like that one! I just have almost zero compression and a subtle little engine noise. It will not come out of the shop and go back on the road until I do a total rebuild. I can't imagine anyone driving a car sounding like it is throwing bolts.
Working on getting my brother to take a couple weeks off to come give me a hand with it. I let you know what I find when I get inside - but it will be sometime next month. In the mean time it is fine where it is......parked!!!!