Started out the day and motor ran great. Went to move, got her up on plane and then she fell flat on her face, motor died. Started back up but the only way to keep her running was to pump ball. While running the boat under load (only 5mph), the alarm and warning light came on with "no oil" illuminated. I've read a lot about oiler failure shutting down gas flow to protect engine, can I assume this is the case, (because pumping the ball was the only way to keep it running) and replace the vro? As you all know its not a cheap part to replace...however, it is a 15 year old original vro, and if its not bad now how long will it be before it goes bad and causes major damage?