I own a '02 Accord SE (1st Honda I have owned) and I change my own oil. When I remove the oil filter the oil drains over part of the exhaust pipe. The part I am wondering about looks like woven metal. Some of the oil seems to be absorbed by this. My question is what is it and should I be letting the oil run over it? My gut tells me it is supposed to burn off the oil slowly but it seems to take a long time to do this and if I climb a hill a day or two later the exhaust smokes pretty bad after I shut the car off.
Thanks for the help
Mike