Hey...
After a recent oil change (I put more than usual in, in the past I
underfill a little but I don't think I went over the 4.8 spec) my '97
legacy outback wagon smelled like burning oil anytime I stopped and got
out of the car. I drove the car fairly roughly today (stupid of me) and
for the first time smoke came up through the hood. It was "normal"
colored smoke, I would say, but it still smelled like oil. I looked
underneath, and toward the back of the engine something must have been
dripping onto the "Y" part of my exhaust pipe because quite a bit of
smoke was coming from there. I didn't look hard to see what exactly was
doing the dripping, but I was hoping to at least hear "you're not going
to have to spend an exorbitant sum on a head gasket...."

I think I'm taking to to a nearby shop tomorrow to at least get a
diagnosis.

Any tips would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Thomas