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Oil leak

Tiny
SOPHS
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  • 2003 VAUXHALL ZAFIRA
  • 170,000 MILES
I have zero knowledge on cars but here goes; my car is always losing oil, suspecting a leak somewhere, but on one occasion my partner was driving my car and the oil light came on. He topped up oil etc and the car started smoking and there were flames coming from under the bonnet. The oil cap was off so do you think he left the oil cap off which resulted in the smoke and flames or do you think it is something else and that has caused the oil cap to pop off? He thinks he is pretty sure that he put the oil cap back on.
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Sunday, February 5th, 2017 AT 2:35 PM

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Tiny
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He probably left the cap off and it got on the exhaust manifold. For an oil leak if you are using it fast check your oil pressure switch or maybe a loose oil filter or plug. We have no information on this car as it is not sold in USA.
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