Oil light

Asked by tonybrown1 Oct 20, 2014 at 01:14 PM about the 2000 Mazda Protege

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

oil light is on before i turn the key 2 start the but the car wont start it just turn over.

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It's possible that the oil pressure sending unit is defective and sending a message to the ECU not to start. It thinks the oil pressure is dangerously low. Check your oil level and then change the oil pressure sending unit.

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