Oil warning light will work of a pressure switch. If it comes on that is very bad news as the oil pressure is want keeps the plain bearings working, without it they run metal on metal.
Oil would have to go very low to do that. It could be the wire shorting out? I think a mechanical bearing or oil pump fault can also flag it up too.

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