why is my 98 Lexus ES 300 spitting out oil everywhere and smoke is coming out from...

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...under the hood? My car just started smoking out from under the hood, and when I looked under neath it, oil was spitiing out all over the engine and there was not a drop of oil left in it. What could have happened?
 
fill it and look for where it might have come from cant see it crank it and watch for a spray and really if its spraying oil you cant drive it so either way look any see might be easy but id say cal a shop and a tow truck
 
fill it and look for where it might have come from cant see it crank it and watch for a spray and really if its spraying oil you cant drive it so either way look any see might be easy but id say cal a shop and a tow truck
 
A gasket or seal designed to prevent such a thing from happening has failed. Not typical of the brand at all.
If you lost all the oil rapidly it may be a larger seal like one on the oil pan or perhaps a failed rocker cover gasket.

Check your oil filter as it may be the source of the issue. Sometimes the gasket on the oil filter sticks to the engine block when a change is performed. The new oil filter is installed and the gaskets get double stacked and it's only a matter of time for a bad leak.

If you lost the oil quickly I'd look there first.
 
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