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Originally posted by Mr. Pockets
The author seems to know what he's talking about, but his sentences are difficult for me to understand and his analogies aren't really accurate. I'm trying to find more info. Something with pictures I can understand. 
He's right about one thing: cavitation is destructive. I'm just not sure yet how your loss of oil could cause it, unless the drop in the oil pump intake pressure is the cause. I also question just how destructive cavitation for the oil pump could have been over such a short distance.
I don't understand yet, but I'm working on it.
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Don't worry about it. It didn't happen, that's all I'm happy about. It probably couldn't have been too destructive over such a short distance. It's just one of those "what if's" that rambled through my mind after I saw my oil pan "puking" oil . . . what if the plug had dropped out while I was inching along in the traffic jam and didn't create a plume of smoke . . . what if I couldn't find a drain plug in "podunk" . . . what if the service station I went to was actually a meth lab or an anthrax processing station . . . You know, those kind of things.
This one has pictures -- maybe it'll help.
http://www.osmonics.com/products/Page785.htm
But, don't worry about it. It's not that big-o- deal.