[denverpete]

Unlike many cars - any oil drips need to be checked out immediately. Unfortunately if not properly diagnosed some leaks can be catastrophic (RMS). If it turns out to be something you can live with then I suppose you can just let it leak. But then you won't be able to spot the potentially imminent RMS leak.

Don't freak out too much - you do have a 9 year old vehicle and some problems are to be expected.

Let us know how things turn out!