engine knocking..then it died, what happened here? Options

[hockeyplyr24]

so im driving along..and the engine was making a knocking/ticking type of sound which i've never heard before...so i started takin it slow and everything...then im gettin off the hwy..and the car dies...i try startin it and it starts up knocks alot shaking the whole car and dies again..what do you think is wrong w/the engine? im thinkin a rod or piston or something..but not sure..i bet it could be alot?

[Bitter]

were you turning or in a long sweeping bend or an on/off ramp?

its *possible* (i dont know the 5sfe oil pan) that if you were on a long sweeper and low on oil that you sucked some air into the oiling system and that spun a bearing.

in general how do you treat the car? do you drive it hard often? do you let it warm up for atleast a couple minutes before taking off?

its also possible that you spun a bearing or seized/broke a rod out of the blue....but thats less likely.

exactly how low were you?