Smell of brunt oil oil level is good but smoke of oil coming from engine

You may have a coolant leak, leaking on to exhaust pipe or engine. This could be the hose going to the thermostat. If so it would need replacing. Stop leak is only a temporary fix to get you home or something like that. You may also have a oil leak like coming from your valve cover gaskets leaking on the engine or exhaust. That is probably where the smell is coming from. I hope this is some help to you.

severe oil leaks would be front timing cover crankshaft seal and the rear main seal or leak at oil pump at front timing cover oil leaks can come from damaged oil filter seal or damaged oil pressure sending unit.slow oil leaks oil pan gasket the valve cover gasket leaks you will see and smell smoke from under engine compartment which could be a fire hazard.

Could the smoke be coming from the exhaust manifold on the passenger side of the engine? When the valve cover starts to leak, it is common for the oil to leak down and burn on the outside of the exhaust manifold.
Replacing a valve cover gasket is not difficult or expensive, and it is common for BMW valve cover gaskets to get brittle and shrink and start leaking every 10 years or so. My wife's 330 needed a new valve cover gasket at 6 years.

This sounds as if you have a rather High Mileage vehicle. (100,000+)
The puff of blue smoke is oil being burned in the cylinders. When the engine is cold, it will burn some oil, usually sucked in through the Valve Stem Guides.
Then after the motor warms up, and all the metal parts swell a little, it stops smoking as much. It is STILL smoking, but not enough for you to see it.

Obviously, you are losing engine oil, so check the oil level often, and refill/change as neccessary.

The 'strange smell' could be many different things. My best guess is that you have Oil Leaks on the engine, which is dripping on to the Exhaust Manifold, and getting burned there. Usually a Valve-Cover Gasket leak. When the car is all warmed up, open the hood, with the engine running, and see if there is any whitish smoke rising from the motor. if so, you have a leak on to the manifold. A very common problem, easily repaired. Or, you may have a leak in the heaters' Core, which will leak Anti-freeze into the cabin of the car. That would smell sort of sickly-sweet. This will be a much more expensive problem to repair.

Anyway, it sounds as if the car is in need of some maintenance.

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The cylinder head is located on the center of the engine. Yes it can be a worn out head gasket or piston rings. If the piston rings are worn out the oil is burnt that's why it emits white smoke. You will need to replace the head gasket and piston rings.

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The interior AC and heat vent air input is in the outside lower front windshield area. You could have a leaking valve cover or other leak onto the exhaust system - making oil smoke that is being sent into the car. Generally this is caused by an overheating of the engine and gaskets dry up and let the oil leak onto he engine. LOL

Bradley,
You have stated two problems. Coming to second first. Smell of burning rubber. in the car rubber is only at two places where it can burn, The tyres, unlikely as you have not commented upon your driving habits. Some people like to rev the engine so much before take off that the tyres go burning for the first few hundred meters. And then there is rubber on the wires and cables. You have to check the wires for any heat while the engine is running.
Coming to the first now. White smoke is generally of unburnt fiel and not oil. Oil alwayd give black smoke and that is the indication you get when the exhaust is giving black smoke. That means that the engine is consuming oil. if it is white then that indicates that the engine is cold and burning more gas/diesel. Is your a diesel vehicle?? But as you say it from under the hood. And that too behind the engine block. May be that the gasket is leaking from somewhere. If you could check the engine oil level for a few days early in the morning before starting the engine. If the level drops and the exhaust tail pipe does not blacken your finger when you rub it in it would mean that the oil is being burnt. Now what I suggest is that with the engine running and hand brakes on, go under the car with hood open and try to locate the source of the smoke. I am sure you would be able to locate it.
Then we talk again.

Hi, you may have a valve cover gasket leak that is dripping on the exhaust manifold. I would inspect the valve cover area for oil spots and rim leaks. The smoke is coming from the dripping of the oil on the manifold or, lower exhaust pipe.

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now rear toe control links ive never heard of. your saying you saw the smoke and smell the burning right not the dealer. how does the car drive overall? have you checked your oil level?

valve cover gasket is like $20 and a do it yourself job, just buy a manual like a chiltons from an auto parts store. if it was valve cover, the smoke would be coming from engine, not tailpipe.

rear seal is in between engine and tranny, this would cause oil to leak on ground, but not to burn

if smoke is coming from tailpipe, your piston rings might be going bad. that is an expensive repair, but switching to synthetic oil may give you several more years of life out of the piston rings, synthetic oil has a way of soaking into bad piston rings and temporarily making them like new again, unless they are already too far gone.