wow i just read all of this in my pipefitting class and for the first time in this class i learned something lol what a wast of 1k
but ya reading this made me think twice on how im going to mod my car thx
i had the same problem
i solved it by disconnecting the battery for a good 3 hours (i was i the mall)
connected it and drove it hard but no beating on it
never happened agen