Originally Posted by Junkman

I was responding as much to your tone as anything. Obviously, you wanted reassurance that you didn't damage anything by knowingly driving it when lubrication was in doubt disregarding the car's warning system.

Unfortunately, we (forum members and you) don't know exactly what took place, how low oil pressure was, prior wear, measured current wear etc. It is also unlikely that we have documented measurement on the minimum oil pressure that will keep the engine healthy for a given time.

Individual engine components don't matter because IF the damage is significant, it will be less expensive to simply replace the engine with a good used one rather than change wear components like bearings. Should you decide to consider rebuild for whatever reason, you will need to take measurements at that point.

It always amazes me when people say things like "I didn't have a choice" when they explicitly made a potentially damaging choice in exchange for convenience in this case, convenience of not towing or repairing.

Or "this inanimate object is making me mad" or"it's trying my patience" as if the engine/car can try anything. Ask it to try and drive to my house. I'll fix it if it gets here (or is it hear?). Or perhaps if i hear it try to drive here, I'll fix it.