Now I'm REALLY worried!
Bought this car....oil leaks and all.. Have to keep topping up engine oil at a rate of a pint or so every 4-500 miles. Have no idea where it's leaking from except to say that I'm getting alot of smoke rising from low on the right side of the engine as you look from the front....below the oil filler....mostly, but not confined to this area. No problem whilst moving, but makes it's presence known when stopped at lights etc. Strong smell, and smoke rising from passenger side of bonnet.
The leak I can cope with although not exactly enviromentally friendly.(Going to sell to someone who can use a spanner)....My Big worry is Fire!
Is there a chance this is likely to happen at some point?
Got home from a 20 mile trip today, switched off the engine, got out and could hear what sounded like a deep fat fryer spitting away!!! Checked underneath, and through the heat haze could make out the occasional drip of oil (as usual when hot)....but the frying noise is new??