Q: O ring

asked by on September 29, 2016

So my car burns oil and also has lost a lot of power and smokes when I accelerate hard or when I start it, the smokes white, what could this be from and is the problem going to cause more problems

My car has 105000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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