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Many things, including wars, ship wrecks, and wells exploding are some of the few causes of oil spills.
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What would cause an oil leak around the muffler on a 2004 Sunfire?
THATS usally cause by the engine using oil-because of bad oil rings etc.
What would cause your oil light to malfunction?
Defective oil sending unit, blown bulb.
Can an oil pan drain gasket cause a engine to start knocking and cause a good engine to go bad if placed on the car wrong?
It could be the cause of the knock only if the gasket was bad and leaked out almost all the oil.
Is it illegal to work on your car in your apartment complex?
It is not illegal but it is up to the landlord or owner of the complex to decide whether or not they want to allow this. Check with them before doing any work. Some are very anal about oil spills and whatnot.
What animals are affected by oil spills?
sea otters sharks birds fish sea mammals seals micro organisms water plants land animals salmon and some people because of the food chain of the contaminated edible animals. some things by the water because the oil is poisoness to them so they can die
Do oil spills cause global warming?
no
How can oil spills be damaging?
Oil spills in the ocean can cause animals to be harmed because they become coated with oil and so does their food.
Why do boats cause oil spills?
Cracks in the hull
Do Tsunamis cause oil spills?
They can if they go anywere near an oil tanker or an oil rig
Do oil spills cause taxes to go up?
yes.
What is the cause of water pollution in the middle east?
Oil spills
How does oil spills kill sea otters?
cause the oil is posion and if it gets on their food it could kill them!
Why does oil present the biggest problem?
I have included two links. Oil spills cause pollution, and can be injury or death to workers on rigs. Many spills are small, and do not cause wide spread environmental damage. See links.
Does drilling for oil create oil spills?
It can definitely contribute to oil spills.
Why are oil spills so disastrous?
Because oil is such a valuable nonrenewable resource, for it to spill would cause gas prices to rise. When it spills, we are losing a lot of oil we could sell so we are losing money.
What can cause an unexpected change to the ecosystem?
oil spills like the one in the gulf coast
Do pollution cause oil spills?
No those are accidents-pollution is just irresponsible people
