I have a 2008 dodge avenger that leaks oil onto the engine and therefore creates smoke
It might be the Timing Cover Seal. I'd had to have one replaced on a Pontiac Grand Prix, where oil had been spitting up from it, causing the Serpentine Belt to get oily and slip. The Harmonic Balancer had to come off to get to it. The leak on my car at the time had stopped after that seal was replaces. The tire had to come off, the plastic mud guards, too. Google Search had turned up some Timing Case Cover Gaskets that ran up to around $20. Another site had turned up a Timing Cover Seal for around $7. Autozone sells those parts, too. That could be the part he had been talking about. Not positive. Perhaps the local parts store could advise further.
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