Thanks for the help guys. My plan of attack right now is to buy a wrecker motor and then rebuild this one over a one year period... that way I'll have a 100% reliable motor for next winter.

The strange thing is that while there was oil everywhere, it didn't look like I blew an oil line. To me, it looked like oil was spewing from the head... mind you that was in the dark and few weeks ago, the only thing that will tell me for sure what happened is pulling the motor apart.

I did have one additional question; the motor turned over but there was no feeling of compression whatsoever. On another forum that point was brought up as a symptom, but the potential reasons for it weren't discussed. Does anyone know what that lack of compression would suggest?

Cheers,

Michael