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The oil pressure dropped in my car because of hole in the oil pan the motor then shut off and will not turn over.is there a sensor that shuts it off or is it possible it locked up

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It sounds like it has seized up. there is no such sensor as far as I know. why would you drive a car with a leaking sump.

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Some vehicles do have an oil lvl sensor that will shut the engine off if the lvl falls to unsafe. The sensor should be located on the oil pan itself. If the hole has been fixed and the pan is full of oil, this should not be an issue. If the hole has not been fixed, the engine has no business running anyway. you can tell of the engine is locked up by putting a socket and ratchet on the main crank pulley bolt and seeing if the engine will turn.

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