Now it's my turn....

[nfpgasmask]

Wow, that sucks. The closest thing almost happened to me. Left the oil cap off once and drove for about 10 miles. Smoke was billowing from under the hood and my heart sank. I was lucky, because I caught it and was able to fill the oil back up before something worse happened, but man did it make a mess under my hood.

I would just get a kit from Merlin if you can.

Bart

[fultonix]

While you have it apart you should change your timing belt. I'm pushing over 193,000 with my 01' everything is fine but the transfer case and small replacements.