Oil light on and flashing?

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?

Thursday, August 17th, 2017 AT 10:27 AM

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KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
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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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