Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. This thread is a year old now though. I ended up replacing the engine. I suspect the issue was the oil change I got when they overfilled it with oil and the oil pressure light came on. I suspect that the extra pressure caused the blown gasket. The engine was toast. It ran me nearly 2k for a new engine installed. I think I got a good a decent deal on it, 40k miles on the "new" engine - was in great shape. It's been good since...