Because I am a curious sort of fellow, and apparently not that bright either--I decided to take it apart. Mainly because that is what I do with things that don't work at my house. Financially, it was a stupid idea--I know that already.
So, some of the things I found:
-Water pump fins had disentegrated into pieces, found many in various coolant channels.
-Most likely had a bad air/oil seperator.
-NO IMS bearing failure evident upon my cursory inspection.
-Some unusual damage found on the camshafts themselves and on the inside of the engine halves and inside edge of the cylinder walls. (see pics)
Heads are also damaged on the side opposite from their surface, most likely form my inexperienced removal techniques.
I have misplaced the pic of the camshafts, but can only observe that they appear to have strange wear markings between the lobes? These could be manufacturing marks and may be present from new--but they appear odd to me.