What I hate the most is shutting of the air (heat or AC) when I come to a stop, just so I do not have to smell it! This is a small and somewhat annoying leak due to the fact it drips onto the exhaust and causes that oil burning smell and sometimes visible smoke coming from the right front side of the car.
What you have is the very same issue many Ford Escape owner's have: A leaking timing chain cover. I don't think I'll be fixing it myself, unless I could find it to be something very minor, but I'd like to have an idea before I go to the shop with it. but where are some likely places I should look? I suppose I could expend some more effort looking. I have looked a bit from underneath while changing the oil, and from above, but I really don't see any obvious signs of where the oil could be leaking from. My thinking, up until recently with the smell/smoke, was that it was a minor thing and checking oil levels would be OK until I could get it repaired - especially since there is no mixing of oil/coolant. We have a very small oil puddle in the garage that stays roughly the same size it seems as much is burnt as is leaked otherwise, and it doesn't seem to leak much when parked (though obviously, some!) I have also not noticed any particular odd smoke coming from the tailpipe. I have never noticed any evidence of coolant and oil mixing, nor is the vehicle losing any coolant. Lately, we can notice a small amount of white smoke from the vehicle after stopping, as well. I am wondering what types of issues I am most likely looking at with this My 2003 Ford Escape (V6) has an increasingly pronounced burnt oil smell that has developed slowly over a year or so, coupled with a slow leak of oil.
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