I have a 97 Eclipse and i have always done my own oil changes. So today i went ahead and did my oil change on my car. I was stupid and didn't read the manual to see how much oil it took. I figured it was like most of the other cars i had and was 4 quarts. I was wrong.. I took it for a drive to make sure everything was ok and i got a couple miles down the road and realized a lot of blue smoke behind me. I pulled over and popped the hood to find oil everywhere. I left about a quarter mile line of oil down the road. I got it home without running it but now i don't know what the problem is. The oil filter and drain plug are both nice and snug. I can't seem to figure out where the oil came from or if this did a lot of damage. Also the motor didn't overheat at all. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

What model?

It's the RS. But i got it figured out. Thanks for the reply

so what was it ?

The old seal from the old filter was left on. So there were two seals on which lead to a gap where the oil was coming out from. We took the old seal out and put the filter back on and it worked perfect. A mistake we won't make again lol

lol I would of shit bricks afraid I'd blown the motor

I have seen this problem more than once as a mechanic :D.

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