lilslimshady
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Hello everyone, I have been researching on the topic for a while now and seems like the problem could be a few things but I kinda want to narrow them down before I start towing my car to a mechanic.
2006 Jetta TDI
Short version of the story is..
Drove for about 20min, suddenly low oil pressure light goes off. I am literally 5 blocks away from my house and decided to see if I make it. 2 blocks go by my RPM go down and car shuts down, everything turns off. Manage to pull over to the side. Check oil, all good. Just changed it about 2 weeks ago. Try to start it but it just makes the cranking sound and the lights on my dash keep flickering. Thinking maybe its the battery cuz car has been hard to start for a few weeks now and a few days back my negative terminal had corrosion so i cleaned it and it was starting way better after that. Got a friend to come by to jump start me. It worked, the car started but also with a few too many cranks and dash board flickering. Decided i have 3 more blocks to go to get to my house i go for it. 2 blocks up car dies again after low pressure oil light comes on. I pull over do the whole jump start thing and finally make it home. Given this information I am not that car savvy but I just want to get a clearer idea what is happening here. Next day I decided to charge the battery and it was showing 13.7V and decided to start it up and the oil pressure light came on again and this time i just shut it down myself. I really hope i didnt fk up the car even more with driving those few blocks. Also I have changed my alternator a year ago. Any ideas what this all could be?
2006 Jetta TDI
Short version of the story is..
Drove for about 20min, suddenly low oil pressure light goes off. I am literally 5 blocks away from my house and decided to see if I make it. 2 blocks go by my RPM go down and car shuts down, everything turns off. Manage to pull over to the side. Check oil, all good. Just changed it about 2 weeks ago. Try to start it but it just makes the cranking sound and the lights on my dash keep flickering. Thinking maybe its the battery cuz car has been hard to start for a few weeks now and a few days back my negative terminal had corrosion so i cleaned it and it was starting way better after that. Got a friend to come by to jump start me. It worked, the car started but also with a few too many cranks and dash board flickering. Decided i have 3 more blocks to go to get to my house i go for it. 2 blocks up car dies again after low pressure oil light comes on. I pull over do the whole jump start thing and finally make it home. Given this information I am not that car savvy but I just want to get a clearer idea what is happening here. Next day I decided to charge the battery and it was showing 13.7V and decided to start it up and the oil pressure light came on again and this time i just shut it down myself. I really hope i didnt fk up the car even more with driving those few blocks. Also I have changed my alternator a year ago. Any ideas what this all could be?