Q: The oil light comes on after i turn off engin, or when i have the car on but not the engin running.

asked by on September 30, 2016

The oil light comes on when the car is at rest (the engin not running) but once i. Start the car the light goes off. I checked the level of oil in car and the level of oil is average, and then there is an leak in my driveway.

My car has 128950 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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