Alright so here's the problem. Yesterday I was driving somewhere, and as I was parking, some white smoke started coming from under my hood, and there was a pretty nasty smell. I popped the hood and saw that the oil cap flew off and there was oil all over the engine and was dripping onto the concrete below. I quickly cleaned all the oil off and since my oil level was at 0, I refilled it all the way. I identified the original problem to be my lack of coolant probably caused the engine to overheat, and the oil cap to blow off (the coolant light was on for a while), so I replaced the coolant and my light went off.

Now today, after driving just a few miles and parking, I had the same problem, except this time it wasn't overheating, it was just leaking oil. I included a few pictures to show where the oil was leaking from and onto the metal underneath causing it to smoke and burn.




I circled the area where the oil is leaking from. Is it a possibility that when the oil cap blew off there was also a screw that blew out too while under pressure, causing there to be a gap for the oil to leak?

Is it dangerous to drive the car under these conditions? (I've been driving it for relatively short distances, it smokes a bit, but I can only see it when I pop the hood.)

Is this something I could fix myself, or should I take it to a mechanic? How much would the repair costs be, and what are the names of the parts that are affected?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

 

Most likely just left over from when the cap was off. Oil will get under the black cover and where you have circled is the easiest place for it to come out of.

 

Is there a way to flush it out, or make sure before I go about removing stuff?

Could I safely remove the top black cover to clean it?

 

I would remove the top cover and use rags and clean it all up.

 

That would be impossible for me to do as I don't have the necessary tools.

Is there any other way?

Edit: Any other thing that can be the problem? And what would happen if I drove without fixing this problem?

 

No other way you need a torxes 30 driver.
Eventually the oil will empty and it will stop.

 

I tried but I couldn't find the toolbox anywhere in the trunk, all that is left there is a spare tire and some tools for replacing the tire.

 

You will have to buy one.
You can usually buy a set for pretty cheap.

 

Nothing even came up on Google for "torxes 30 driver".

 

Torx T30 is what you need. It's a T30 star socket and you will need a ratchet to go with it. It's pretty simple.