Cuz I had one leave me stranded by the road. Truck just stuttered to a stop. Luckily I didn't bang any valves either. If you can rent a borescope to shine down the plug holes, that's the least invasive way to inspect the tops of the pistons for a strike.

Pull and inspect your timing chain cover too; might be ground down some.

Quite the pic in the IH8MUD linky. You're gonna need to clean out your oil pan meester.

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