I have a 1997 Sidekick Sport 1.8L with 217,000 miles.  It was giving me some idling issues after it was warm.  It would sputter and die (if I didn't feather the gas) while slowing down.  It did this to me about 6 months ago and I cleaned the EGR and it ran great again.  This time I started it, drove out onto the main road and it would go over 40mph.  I heard / felt a bang and it was topping out at 35mph.  I brought it home and it wouldn't re-start  I cleaned EGR, pulled the plugs (1, 2, 3 all had carbon dust and 4 had some greasy oil residue) I checked the hard to read dipstick and it seemed low.  I ended up adding 3 qts.  It turned over now, lots of banging and idle was moving on it's own between 1000 and 1400 RPM.  I looked underneath and oil was pouring out of somewhere.  I shut it off immediately!  Any thoughts on this?  I also have a 1993 1.6L with 129,000 I just bought that needs an exhaust manifold and fuel pump.  Should I just fix this one first?  Looking forward to hearing your ideas!  Thanks so much for your help.  Happy 2011 

Ya, sounds like you threw a rod and punched a hole in the block
or the pan, the engine can be rebuilt in most cases, but you may
need an extensive list of stuff, block, crank, rod/s, bearings gaskets
and an oil pump and should do a water pump while you are at it

Wild

Well, I put it on jack stands today and got under it while it was running.  There was oil shooting out in a pin size stream on the driver side of the block by the 4th cylinder.  Anyone in the Northeast Ohio / Northwest PA area interested in the truck?  Guess I'll be getting started on the fuel pump in the 1993!