Q: What is the smell ?
Hello I just had my spark plugs, wires, valve cover gasket changes . I had a leak so I needed it changed because I was consuming a lot of oil . Anyway so I went to a shop and got it changed. However after about 20 minutes I guess after the car heated up to normal temp I saw smoke and it smelled. I called and they said the oil is burning off , when he changed the gasket I guess. Is that true? It's only when the car is hot and it doesn't last long it just looks like I guess the excessive oil might of got onto the engine or something. It's coming from behind the engine not on top where the part was replaced. Should I go somewhere else? Or get a refund?
My car has 156786 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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