Is my engine likely saveable (Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost)

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Hi All,

I have had my 1.0 eco boost for 7 years and it has generally treated me very well. In all honesty I could have perhaps treated her slightly better but it's been very good to me so far. 

However, i got in the car last night and saw a pop up on the central display that i've not seen before, it said low oil pressure for a second or two and then disappeared quickly. I think the car may have sounded slightly more noisy also for a few seconds but not sure if this is just in my head now. i quickly turned the car off. I was heading somewhere that I couldn't really get out of so to try and repeat everything in the same way i got out and locked the car, unlocked it again and did the same. no oil pop up and the car sounded fine. i checked the oil which was above minimum but not by much so i topped it up and then made the trip in silence so i couldn't listen to the car and watched the thermostat neurotically.

anyway, i got home and discovered the many threads about what this could mean and have immediately resigned myself to the fact the car is dead. After calming down a bit and using some rationale thinking i think I am pretty much in one of two camps:

1 - The oil pump strainer is partially / mostly blocked due to the known wet belt degradation and needs cleaning out / changing as a matter of urgency as well as having the timing belts changed

2 - The engine has now experienced some oil starvation and is toast. 

 

Am i being overly optimistic that option one is possible? I am hopeful because the drive last night was absolutely fine, smooth as anything no funny noises whatsoever. I only had the alert for a split second and have never seen the red oil light on the dash so i have my fingers crossed .  FWIW last nights drive was around 5 miles each way with 2 hour break between.

 

Appreciate any thoughts and guidance on this.