Slight problem during oil change, what to do next?

[JBauer]

Originally Posted by chubert

To give you a little hope I did this years ago with a car as well. I couldn't reach the oil filler while the car was on the ramps so I just hopped in and drove it off with no oil. Probably ran for 5-8 sec with no oil. Boy did I feel silly once I realized what I just did.

I did not have the internet to turn to or a Durametric to tell me what has failed so I just filled it with oil and drove it as normal for the next several years. There were no apparent consequences. I can't remember what car it was, Maybe a Mustang 5.0

Anyway good luck, but my money is on the engine being fine.

Unfortunately there is a lot of difference in that engine and his. I used to run a dealership and during Cash for Clunkers we were required by law to blow up the engines on the trade ins. We drained the oil, added "engine blower" for lack of knowing what the government supplied. All the import high tech engines blew within 60 seconds. The Ford big old V8s ran for an hour before they even started to knock. Several never blew up even after running for hours. Some we drained the coolant and they still wouldn't lock, Got really noisy but would not blow.
One of the mechanics told me that the imports were build to higher tolerances?