Honda Repair: 93 Honda Civic please HELPHELPHELP!, honda civic 93, solenoid starter

Question
Hi there, so to get right to it, I have a Honda Civic 93. Approx.
185,000 miles on it. It began sounding like I had ball bearings
rolling around in the engine or gas tank (I know, very different
areas, but I'm second guessing where exactly the noise is coming
from now that I think back but pretty sure the engine) With gas
prices these days I have been having to fill it with reg. 87 occtn.
gas (the lowest one)...when I was filling it with the premium
highest occtn. It purred like a kitten, ran smoothly and no probs.,
but since I started filling it with the lowest crap, it got
progressively worse over the last few months. Two days ago it
started sounding worse than it has ever before, much louder ball
bearings rolling around-like sound and a loud weird clicking noise
along with...I drove it two miles,(it sounded really like it was not
going to make it) stopped the car, got out for two minutes, got back
in, restarted it (with no problems) and got not more than ten feet
away from my parking spot and the car died! Just stopped dead after
shuddering a bit... It wont start now.(had to get a tow) When I turn
the key, all power comes on in car, but the engine keeps making a
kind of whiny rar-rar-rar-rar-rar-noise and wont actually start up.
My boyfriend thinks it's the solenoid starter...but I'm thinking
maybe the timing belt? Maybe the crappy gas screwed it up? and if it
did...then screwed WHAT up?!!I need to fix this myself and need some
help (please?) with a rough diagnosis!

Answer
sounds like you might even have some bent valves or the timing can be off or even snapped which will make the valves bend. When running premium gas and switching it to regular it is really rough on the engine im not quite sure but the motor might be seized but can't really give a great diagnostic without actually being there sorry couldn't be more help.