8/20/24: proceeded to take off the intake manifold and most of the coolant lines and pcv lines and wiring with it. after pulling that off I went around to the exhaust and took off the heat shields at the block to access the manifold bolts, I removed the up-pipe and the entire manifold. then I began by taking off the cam pulleys which requires a large allen key and a large breaker bar. after I removed the pulleys I removed the plastic back timing cover and the valve cover. under the valve cover initially looked clean and the lobes were not damaged, it all turned worse after I took the journal off. there was groves on the cam and journals and there was a lot of them, you could feel them with your finger and you could probably file your fingernail on one if you tried. I moved past that for the time being and took the head off and found more bad news, the cylinder wall had piston slap marks and you can even feel them, I then quit for the night and came back the next day.
8/21/24: I took off the valve cover and, same story as before, lobes looked okay but the journals were chewed up. I proceeded to take the head off and found that a piece of a piston was missing, there was no way for it to go out the bottom of the cylinder so I will look for it in the exhaust later. The cylinder walls were the same as the other side with no extra damage from the piece. the cylinder head and valves got bashed with the piece a bunch so they require further inspection.
The real blow came when I inspected inside the oil pan, there was flakes an debris everywhere, I don't know how none of it managed to make it into the filter and when we drained the oil. I can now assume the crankshaft and rods are damaged and we need a new crankshaft, rods, and pistons among possible other things in the head. I need to do more research on how I am going to fix this and if I need a new engine or I can fix the one I have I do not have large budget so I will probably have to fix it, besides, engines for this car are far and few between, and no online stores have them for cheap enough, they just recommend the ej20x which I do not want to use.
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