Dang it!

[Russell]

Stupid 89... Its been leaking oil, but apparantly last night, I lost a lot more oil than I had been, got to school with a few low end knocks, which I thought was a bit unusual, but figured that was just bad gas as I just filled it up. Got out after school, and the truck started rough, and was knocking really badly until I got the RPMs up. Winds up I leaked enough oil that it wasn't making any pressure in the low end anymore. I drove it home slowly and carefully, but I'm a bit worried about it. I only drove about 5 miles home, but how much damage could have been done during that time? As soon as I got home, I poured fresh oil in, and the knocking went away, but it definitely seems to have lost some power. My oil isn't looking like a milk shake, and neither of my pipes are smoking white, so I don't think I blew a headgasket (running without oil probally makes things rather hot!) but I'm worried I may have glazed the cylinder walls.

Any thoughts?

PS -- The truck is getting a new Fel-Pro single piece pan gasket tonight, and a fresh change of oil. I'll be watching for sparkles in the oil

I hope I didn't wipe my cam out, cause that'd be a really sucky job in this truck...