Depends on where the leak. the intake or the heads yes pan,timming, ect. no.
Having an oil leak in the same spot under your car is one sign of an oil pan gasket leak. Another is smoke from the engine department.
Yes, can leak oil causing blue smoke
oil filter oil leaking on to exhuast pipe and burning
This is being caused by some fluid on the engine. You could have an oil leak somewhere and that is what is causing it to smoke only when the car gets turned off.
White smoke = Coolant leak, head gasket is the likely culprit. Blue smoke = Engine burning oil. Black smoke = Engine running too rich, wasting fuel.
An oil leak is always going to be out of the engine as the engine contains oil and the car does not. I think you are saying you are loosing oil with no apparent leak. If that is the case the engine is burning oil and that is why you see no leaks.
if the smoke color is blue, then you are burning oil. look for an oil leak near or on the exhaust system.
I think you make have leaking valve cover gasket(s) that are causing a oil leak on the hot exhaust manifold which will smoke quite a bit. Being low on oil etc. is not good but unrelated.
Could be several things. Typically, oil burning is blue smoke, and water/antifreeze is white smoke. With a combination of fast oil leak *and* white smoke, my guess would be to check the Cylinder Head Gasket or a cracked Cylinder Head.
Burning of oil in cars can contribute to blue smoke from exhaust. However, it is also possible for a car to make blue smoke if a turbocharger is broken or experiencing an oil leak.
No it shouldnt, it will however make it harder for the car to start... typically, black smoke from the tail pipe means you have an oil leak somewhere
An oil leak in a car should be checked and fixed. This can cause serious engine problems that will be very costly to repair if it is left too long.