Engine Dead - Need help

[2TrunkSteve]

Hopefully this thread helps a few others out too.

At the time I checked the fuel pump and knew it was still pumping, just didn't have a way to test the pressure. Confirms my amature skills are just that.

Ended up doing a grocery list of "while I'm there" maintenance and have been driving the car with no problems since. There was clear seepage at the IMS when we pulled the transmission. The LN Engineering upgrade was completed. In my day job I work with forensic engineers doing origin/cause analysis. The research on the IMS is there and it clearly shows a trend supporting this as a failure point. Of course not every one fails and that leaves room for different interpretations, but I'm a believer.

A couple of plugs since it's been over a year......I called and left a message for Jake Raby and I can't say enough good about him. He called me around 7 pm (his time) on a Friday night and talked to me like a good friend of years. He talked about ways to diagnose the potential problems and shared his knowledge freely. He answered a lot of questions with no selling going on, just a genuine commitment of his time.

I also remember being thankful for every single reply when I was going through this. I have healthy respect for BYprodriver (and his informative threads - I only wish I had those skills) as well as mikefocke's well done write-ups. I took all the free advise I was given and researched it all. I went down a few wrong paths but learned lots.