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Originally Posted by roddy
It may be possible that the extra heat from an un-shielded exhaust could come into play, but I kind of doubt it...someone (s) would have posted such a problem by now. I hope the problem is a simple as the following...I have found that the factory spec (I forget the number now) for oil fill is a little high. I typically find mine is full at between 5.3-5.5 litres. Overfilling could lead to seepage at the dipstick tube which would take a while to build up. Personally, I would clean it up and keep an eye on it for a week or so before I got too worried. If your oil level hasn't been dropping much, it will take a while to accumulate enough to see where it is coming from. Then think about taking it to a dealer. There have been others that have had a similar stain, and it turned out to be the timing cover gasket.
On a side note, did you run the header through the torture of winter driving? How did it stand up to the salt and temperature extremes?
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Okay I will monitor, thanks everyone. The car runs fine but smells bad from time to time, actually on most drives.
The front pipe was titanium and I actually sold it on this forum, it was in good shape since it's Ti, but yeah salt is nasty and the seals got messed up from the corrosion of the stock piping. Sucks but it is what it is.