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i can't remember where to find the users manual...the reason is cuz my oil light keeps poppin up every once in a while and want to figure out wat it means....
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I agree, 30 seconds on google would have given you an answer. Your oil level is most likely low - when is the last time you added any? Take your car for a drive to warm up the engine to full operating temp. Stop the car, wait a couple of minutes then check your oil level. As your oil light is coming on, it is almost certainly in the LOW marking on the dip stick.
When is the last time you did an oil change? Call you dealership to order you a replacement owners manual.
When is the last time you did an oil change? Call you dealership to order you a replacement owners manual.
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Go to mazdausa.com and sign up in the "Owner" section. You can download a pdf there.
In the meantime...check your oil level. Add oil as necessary.
Ken
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Take your car for a drive to warm up the engine to full operating temp.
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Just so we cover the bases here and provide actual info.
The oil light on the RX-8 is an Oil level sensor, the gauge is pressure. Whenever you see the oil light come on in ANY car, stop driving and check your oil level as soon as you can. Ideally, pull over to the side of the road, shut the engine off, wait 5 minutes and then check your oil level. If it's low, fill it up, and get an oil change as soon as possible. You've had who knows how few quarts of oil trying to do the work of 6, so it's going to be filthy.
The oil light on cars is not an "you need to get an oil change at some point soon" light. it is an "You are doing irreparable harm to your engine" light.
The oil light on the RX-8 is an Oil level sensor, the gauge is pressure. Whenever you see the oil light come on in ANY car, stop driving and check your oil level as soon as you can. Ideally, pull over to the side of the road, shut the engine off, wait 5 minutes and then check your oil level. If it's low, fill it up, and get an oil change as soon as possible. You've had who knows how few quarts of oil trying to do the work of 6, so it's going to be filthy.
The oil light on cars is not an "you need to get an oil change at some point soon" light. it is an "You are doing irreparable harm to your engine" light.
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The gauge on the 8 is oil pressure. The light is oil level.
I'd still pull over ASAP and check the level if the light came on. If the gauge dropped, I'd shut it off and coast off the road.
Ken
I'd still pull over ASAP and check the level if the light came on. If the gauge dropped, I'd shut it off and coast off the road.
Ken
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