Glad to hear you're on the road again! I know and completely understand the stress you were feeling! I remember how stressed i was when I had a intake manifold gasket crack on me and my engine was idling just below 3K. Long story short it took me 3 days to take the top of the engine off and put it back together, one step including taking a hack saw to the EGR tube! Another thing that wasn't on my side is that my VX is my one and only car... Like i said i know the feeling. Excellent job getting yours running again! Glad we all could help!