This is a warning light trying to tell you that your oil is low... CHECK IT. ADD OIL if low!!
If a red oil light comes on in a car, it means the vehicle is low on oil. It could also mean that the oil pump is not working.
It means you have low oil pressure. Notice the light is red. Red means stop driving the car until this is repaired. Check the oil level and if it is full seek professional help.
The oil life monitor or the red oil light? Red oil light is bad yellow oil life monitor light means it needs to be reset
The red oil light means you car is low on oil, or there is a problem and should be checked.
The oil light of an E-46 can actually indicate 2 totally different situations. If your light is amber you are low on oil. Check your dipstick and add the appropriate amount. Most of the E-46 owners I have talked to tell me this usually happens when starting or stopping the engine (this has also been my experience). If your light is RED you need to stop ASAP this indicates that you have lost all oil pressure. On the outside chance that you have just changed your oil there is a possibility that you have fried your sensor. Was the radio playing while you were changing the oil?
the light becomes red :-P
You do not specify what this red lamp looks like but redmeans STOP, so it is either the oil pressure light or coolant temperature.
The white light will shine through it and turn into red light.
That's not a check engine light. That's an everything light. Including low oil pressure. ?The oil you put in recently is of an effective lower viscosity than what was previously run? Try thickening the oil.
When an oil light turns red it could mean one of two things, low oil or low oil pressure. Check the oil levels first to see if that is the cause.
This means either you do not have enough oil pressure or you are low on oil, at least that's what the idiot lights tell me
red light is monochromatic light and if it shines on a prism its still red light pass through the prism, not 'rainbow' color.