Oil dripping from exhaust manifold

Take it to a garage after a long drive and have them put it on a lift so that they can see the engine better. They should be able to find an oil leak that is dripping on the exhaust manifold of exhaust system.

I bought a 2000 RL used, with some factory warranty remaining, and then bought an extended warranty. While hnder warranty, car began to smell up my garage from fumes from oil dripping onto hot exhaust. Not enough oil at that point to show up on garage floor. Complained to dealer about the odor but Acura Master Mechanic (said he) couldn't find source of odor (although I told him I suspected an oil leak because I had prior experience with oil leaks and resultant smells on another car). On the next service visit after the extended warranty expired, same master mechanic said my RL's rear main oil seal was leaking onto exhaust causing odor. And the dealer wanted north of $1000 to fix it. I declined. Leak has steadily gotten worse - now visible drops on garage floor. An independent repair shop quoted $650 plus the cost of replacing expensive, special Honda transmission fluid. Took my complaint all the way up the chain to the head of Honda in Japan, but got no assistance. No more Honda products for me.

Could be 2 problems. Some rear main seals leak with oil flowing out where trans joins engine. You should crawl under vehicle and look directly up from oil leak, If inside garage use a newpaper to catch current drip.

Gassy oil can be leaking fuel injector draining into oil pan. Sometimes dirty fuel injector will stay open and fuel pressure will continue to drain into motor after vehicle is off. Sometimes stuff like seafoam will clean injectors.

Interesting.
White smoke is usually burning coolant.
You should be loosing a fluid, something has to be burning to make the smoke.
It could be a very slight drip onto the hot exhaust manifold or pipe if it is only happening from under the hood.

The classic signs to look for are engine over-heating with bluish-grey smoke from the exhaust pipe and it might be smoking excessively, look for coolat present in the engine oil, the engine oil will float on top of the coolant so if the engine oil is reading unusually high on the dip-stick you can loosen the engine oil drain plug just enough until it starts to drip fluid, and if that fluid is water or coolant then you might have a blown head gasket or an intake manifold leak, and if you have all of the symptoms of a head gasket without the smoke from the exhaust pipe it might just be the intake manifold.

loose oil filter or drain plug

Might be a gasket leak that drips into or on the exhaust manifolds or pipes.

You might have a bad head gasket.Check oil dipstick to see if your oil is milky and check your exhaust.Is it blowing white smoke more than normal.With this mileage it is probably your gasket.

then u have a leaking cylinder head gasket.

Hi, you may have a valve cover gasket leak that is dripping on the exhaust manifold. I would inspect the valve cover area for oil spots and rim leaks. The smoke is coming from the dripping of the oil on the manifold or, lower exhaust pipe.

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