can a loose dipstick cause the car to smell of oil?

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tonight i drove about 200 miles back from a car meet (super coupe shootout.. i used to own one and still know a lot of people in the club) and my car was smelling of oil. i found that the dipstick was not seated tightly on the tube and even now that i'm at home i had to kind of finegle it to get it to stay on there even with the car off. i'm thinking maybe the gasket on the dipstick tube is warn out? anyway can the fact the dipstick was not seated tightly on the tube (was sticking out maybe 1/2 an inch?) cause some oil to leak out and induce an oil smell? i have fixed all the major oil leaks within the last 2 years (intake manifold gasket, valve cover gaskets oil pan gasket) and didn't see any oil on the ground anywhere and i am not low at all.