Oil light on and flashing?

Tiny
RANDOVICH
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  • 2004 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
  • 0.8L
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 107,000 MILES
My oil light came on and was flashing. Then not too far from work the car quit running. I let it sit for about an hour and it started back up again. I attempted driving it home and it started making a ticking noise. What could be the problem?
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Thursday, August 17th, 2017 AT 10:27 AM

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Tiny
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This could be a couple things but more then likely you have low oil level, or low oil pressure. Let's start with checking the oil level and looking for an oil leak. Here is a guide that will help with that:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-is-leaking-oil

As for the ticking noise, I suspect that is related to this issue so we need to test for oil pressure with a mechanical gauge. Here is a guide that helps with low pressure:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/high-or-low-engine-oil-pressure

The low oil pressure will cause the ticking noise so let's start with this and go from there. Once we know what the pressure is, we will have a better idea as to what the issue is. Thanks
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 AT 6:24 PM

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