[sinister77]

I just had my car shut down on me. I had something in the engine basically pop out or off. I drive a stck shift toyota tercel 1990. When the part came off the car started to vibrate and after I pulled over to check it out I noticed that the engine was smoking from the inside and there was motor oil leaking, not a lot of it. Before that my oil light kept coming on. I know that it either means too little or too much oil, but in this case it was too little. My car will come on if I hold the gas but can't get into gear. I would like to know if anyone knows how bad could the damage be( on a scale of not that bad to get another car)?