Thanks. The reason I used this mechanic.. well its a long story. The car was at my girlfriends place, i had no set of wheels, so I let her choose the only so-called european car specialist in the village. it was a mistake.

The car is surely not burning oil (i guess the exhaust smoke would be blueish in this case which is not), and now the oil is present at the same places as before (pretty much covering everything under the hood, but not dripping on the ground). I just really hope the guy wont mess around a lot - after all, what I was paying for was "repairing oil leaks" which in this case did not happen - why would I pay another three hours of labor for taking my engine to pieces when its the result of his poor worksmanship?

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