Q: I drove home with the oil light on. Is my engine still good?
Last week i was driving an red oil light came on I drove it about 5 miles to get home and got it towed to a mechanic he told me the oil pump failed he checked oil filter said there was no metal shavings in it and they did a compression test there is low compression in one cylinder
My car has 104000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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