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1999 Audi A4 1.8T - flashing/beeping oil light.....?

Today in my instrument cluster a picture of an oil can started flashing/beeping. It stopped after a few seconds, but it happened again 3 to 4 times on my drive back from lunch.

I looked this symbol up in my manual, and all it says is "stop driving the car".

Anyone experience this before? What steps do I take now? Since I bought the car, I've always had the oil changed at Audi per the manuals recommendations/timeline. I have 73k miles on the car and it was last in for service at 70k!
Does the Audi dealer use synthetic oil when they perform service?? Just asking because I thought synthetic oil prevented sludge and I've only had oil changes done at the dealer since I bought the car brand new.

STOP driving the car. You need to have it towed to your mechanic and have him figure out why the car is losing oil pressure. If it's only been 3k miles since you had the oil changed, the oil is either being consumed, or you've got oil sludge blocking the oil pickup screen. I'd put my money on the sludge. The 1.8t is a sludge-monster.

EDIT:
Audi dealerships should be using synthetic, but synthetic oil does NOT prevent sludge. I'm more familiar with Saabs than Audis, which also suffer from sludge, but Saabs always use synthetic oil too and still manage to sludge up. If your engine isn't making any scary knocking or clanking noises, chances are you didn't do any damage and the sludge can be cleaned out, if that's even what's wrong.

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