I took the SRT to work this morning and tried some short sprints to try the 47 degree morning air. It pulled great but when it shifted it acted like I was pushing a clutch in and popping it. I thought it might be some dew on the road and figured I would check it again on the way home. So I do the sprint on the same road on the way home and no funny shifts at all. Everything is normal. I slowly brake to get back to speed limit and notice some white smoke in my rear view mirror. Me thinks..this is odd. Keep watching and dont see any more. Another 3/4 miles to the house and I notice that hot oil smell. I pop the hood to check things out and I have oil all over the passenger side of the engine bay. Shi$$$! The car was running normal but when I put it in part it was ideling at 1500rpm instead of 700rpm. No CEL. I did have a low tire indicator on in the morning that went away and on the way home the radiator indicator came on and went off a couple of times. I just did a OBDII read and there was only the old CEL DTC P0335 for the flakey crank position sensor connection that I got Saturday and didnt clear. While cleaning up most of the mess in the compartment I did find this plug laying on the fender. But it has no oil on it and it looks like a spacer. Maybe from the hood. I pulled the intake and cleaned up some more and dont see anything obvious. (yes, the oil was obvious smart ***!) I'll have to wait till tomorrow when it's cold to start taking things out and see what I can find. I think I probably blew a valve cover gasket on the passenger side. No racing this week!

MikeR