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A red oil-can-shaped dashboard icon warning of critically low engine oil pressure or level.
Also known as: Oil light, Oil can light
Illuminates when a vehicle's engine oil pressure (or, on some vehicles, oil level) drops to an unsafe point — generally treated as a 'stop driving' warning distinct from a routine oil-life service reminder.
Warns that engine oil pressure (or, in the wavy-line variant, oil level) has dropped to a level that risks serious engine damage; widely treated as a signal to stop the vehicle safely rather than continue driving.
Distinct from a separate amber oil-life/service-due reminder some vehicles also display — sources are explicit these are two different lights, not one.
Contexts: Vehicle dashboard
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Low oil level variant
A wavy line beneath the oil-can silhouette on some vehicles denotes low oil level specifically, distinct from the plain low-pressure telltale.
A simplified silhouette of an oil can (like a genie's lamp) with a drop shape, coloured red.