Bown Engine? Ruff Conversion Time?

[super66]

For those of you that read my original post about my car not starting, battery issue perhaps?

Well now its all but dead, won't turn over at all. I think I should have listened to myself and just took it to sears for a fresh battery. A $135 scientific experiment.

But nooooooooooo....I try to start it with no luck, call the dealer and they say have it towed in.....the last thing I want is someone towing my baby.....

so I say, hey this is what's happening.....and the dealer says oh man sounds like you blew your engine....(so guys what is happening is a grinding sound when I turn the key) I say no way! he says yup, if you're lucky its a fuel pump....

I still think its the battery.....but if not?

but come on, no oil, no smoke, no smell, no car fire, no nothing....just what seems to me to be a dying battery.....

keep in mind one thing....the ran for like 2 seconds and shut off....started and I drove 30-40 miles home....the next 2 times I wentto use it, same thing, fired rightup, croaked....then hesitantly turned over.....no way that's a blown engine...