Q: Oil leak

asked by on April 14, 2017

Hi, I got an oil change Friday and I noticed the begining of this week it started leaking some oil when I start the car in the mornings it drips onto the exhaust do every time I'm driving blueish /whiteish smoke comes out . When the heater is on it smells like burning oil or something and when I turn a/c it smokes a lot worse . But I do notice it doesn't leak when car is off only when I turn it on . I took it back to pep boys where I got my oil changed on Wednesday and they said it looked fine but I guess the guy who did the oil change spilled oil on engine and idk where else it got too. I didn't know about this the guy who did the oil change didn't let me know . So my question is . Is it possible for oil to leak if he spilled it on engine? And when will the smoke go away? How long does oil burn off?

My car has 81000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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