I'm pretty sure my oil cooler hose burst, but I want to make sure

[studjuice]

I was driving from Columbia to St Louis, and when I started pulling out of the (gravel) driveway I heard a pop, but I was driving over ice and snow so it sounded like ice cracking. Should have checked.

Anyways, about 60 miles later I stopped to top off my tank and calculate my mpg, and figured I'd let my little sister drive to get some driving experience in the benz. But for some reason I felt like checking the oil before she drove just to make sure nothing horrible happens..... and it was dead empty. Wouldn't even read on the dip stick. I put about a quart in, and it barely started to show on the dip stick. I put the rest of the oil I had with me, about 2 more quarts. Then bought 3 more, and put 2 in and kept one just in case. It was full. Looked underneath and saw not one giant puddle of oil, but lots of little splattery places trailing along the car if that makes sense (from when I drove in).

I checked the new oil hose that I had replaced, and it had some oil splatter marks on it, but I didn't see any holes so I assumed the hole was on the bottom and it was spraying everywhere. Today I got the hose out and there is no visible rips, tears, or any form of hole. Is it possible it could not have been the oil hose?? There is oil all under the air filter area, just covering it. My current theory is I was wrong about the hole being on the bottom of the hose, and instead its a tiny pinhole that I can't see on the top of the hose, which sprayed the bottom of the air filter, and splattered it everywhere. Here is a pic of all the oil in the area that was squirted on in case someone else is smarter imgur: the simple image sharer

I drove about 10 miles after I filled it up with oil, and checked it. It was half empty. So it seems to reason that after 20 miles the car would have been empty. which would mean that I had driven for about 40 miles, with my oil being essentially empty... is that even possible?