Hello!
I Just bought a 2002 a4 3.0 v6 W/100000miles, it runs fine but a couple of times i opened up the engine to see what it can do (5000 to 7000 rpm) and 10 seconds later an oil light poped up (didn't specify press/level or temp) i pulled over opened the door , no knocking sounds turned the engine off checked the dipstick oil level was ok and very clean (light brown, it had just been serviced by the seller) got in the car started the engine and warning light was gone?!?!

please help!
thank you

 

hmm what color was the light?

 

was the light yellow or red?

 

it's red!

 

Thats the pressure warning. It means stop driving! It may just be the sensor, but you should have it checked.

 

Doase it go off for bolth hi and loo press?

 

^^ good question. Have you been using synthetic oil at least every 10k miles?

 

hmm thats strange. Might be a sensor how long since the oil was changed. And one more thing i didnt know the 2002 instrument cluster was color screen. mine is an 03 and its all red. .

 

The oil was changed by the seller about 200 mi ago the car is an 02 but some kind of fully equipped special edition "troncalli" and the intrument cluster screen displays also the navigation.
I dont know if sintetic oil was used the sticker on the windshield is from ezlube and it says next service in 3000 mi

 

service in 3k most likely means no synthetic. How much did it cost?? One non synthetic change wouldnt give you problems this quickly IMO, put a half a bottle seafoam cleaner in your oil, drive it a little (if the light is off) and then take it back to those retards and tell them to do synthetic, then never go back to that shop. Also, check the oil level as soon as they change it since they have proven their ignorance.