1.4 - Flashing Oil Warning Light & Car sounds awful

[wurzel]

My sister just rang me to say her oil warning lamp is flashing with 3 beeps (definitely the oil light and not temp gauge) The car sounds like a bag of nails. Car is a 1.4 16V

She drive about 1/2 mile home with very little power from the engine.

I've done a quick search and found that it could be a failed oil pump / pump housing or the pickup in the sump (are these the same thing?)

The noise sounds expensive, has anyone else experienced this with a terrible noise from the engine? I'm thinking the oil pump has failed and the noise is an unlubricated engine clattering around destroying it self.

 

[LEE69]

Well, the pump wont pick up if the mesh is blocked in the pick up.
Might have saved it if she never drove it further, but cars don't like driving with no oil

 

[TSL 333]

my brother did this in an old mk2 fiesta xr2 - needed a new engine..........