Sooo I went a really long time without changing my oil, like er I'm 9,000 miles overdue. Before you throw me to the hounds, the reason is my dad told me he took it for an oil change and it wasn't actually in need of replacement when it turns out his memory is going bad and the oil change he was remembering was quite some time ago.
I realized all this tonight when I went to add some oil and upon opening the cap noticed it was smoking. I am getting my oil changed before work tomorrow morning.
Have I done irreparable damage to my engine by allowing this to happen? And besides changing my oil is there anything I can do to help my car? My car has a turbo engine if that matters but I typically drive it in green mode.