White Smoke

I have a 1.8Litre Mitsubishi Lancer (1998) and i have just change the engine oil myself. While filling the engine oil, i accidentally dripped some on the extractors??? (i don't know what they are called but it is the four metal pipes that are connected to a metal plate that say "hot! Do not Touch" that is infront of the engine.) After I finished up with the oil change and started the engine, white smoke can be seen from the four metal pipes and smell like something is burning even though I have clean up the spill. Anyone please advise me?


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Its just the exhaust. Thats all it is. When it burns off, the smoke will stop. Not to worry

Hi Sebba,
 
The white smoke appear from the 4 metal pipes located infront of the engine not from the exhaust. Just to confirm is it whether is it still ok to drive?

Yeah u just spilled oil on the heat sheild for the exhaust manifold.  Like sebba said let it run and burn it will burn off.

Those 4 pipes are your exhaust headers.

Thank you guys so much!!!
 
Cheers!

Any time.

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ORIGINAL: Sebba

Those 4 pipes are your exhaust headers.

 
Header, aka exhaust manifold

and the thing that says do not touch is a heat shield

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ORIGINAL: jpmontero98

and the thing that says do not touch is a heat shield

 
LOL