help! oozing yellowy stuff

[frozen]

I just jacked my car up to do the oil and noticed this pasty looking yellowish stuff (thick!) all over near the front left... kinda like where the control arms and stuff is, and where my brace connects to (it is on the brace a bit too) and above..

it looks foul, and cant be good.. theres quite a lot of it but no evidence of dripping where i park... what is it is probably my best question..

 

[frozen]

could it be differential fluid or something? its really thick.. like a cream almost.. and an off white, almost yellowy sorta colour.. its coming from pretty far up, so im assuming higher than the diff :S i dont know

 

[bradc]

pics!

 

[Guest]

what does it smell like? it could be breather line leakage, the yellow stuff could be blow by.
my catch can was gunky with a fuel smelling yellow paste crap in side..

 

[frozen]

kinda like that but less yellow... Ill get pics soon..

 

[SiliconAngel]

Josh I've had my coolant hoses off for a couple of months (Ivan used them to make the silicone ones) and I noticed yesterday that a lot of yellow gunk had dripped down over the diff and dried, while in some places it was still a gooey ooze.

 

[frozen]

so what should i do?

 

[naughtika]

could it be your cv joint grease? does it look like splatter? if it does.. check your cv joints and boot.. see if the splatter lines up with it.. if it does then thoroughly check your cv boots

 

[frozen]

it looks like its coming from higher than that christian, and a long drip all the way down to my brace...

My uncle said it sounds like whipped oil from my breather/airbox but to check for more

 

[SiliconAngel]

so what should i do?

Trace it back to the source, if you can find it. At the very least post some photos up so we can give you some meaningful advice instead of blind guesswork...

 

[Guest]

I think the CV grease is yellow from replacing the cv boot last year and it will end up all over the area you mention as it will be thrown out of the seal if it is split or has come off the joint

 

[SupremeMoFo]

+1 for CV boot grease, one split on our old Liberty last year and holy crap where DIDN'T it go...

 

[Guest]

LOL^^^^ I had the same with my proton the stuff went every were but it was a little thicker. That stuff looks like water has mixed with some realy old compressor oil have a look around for a leak in your air con pipes or even look at your shockers dont some have oil and gas??

 

[Guest]

+1 for CV boot grease, one split on our old Liberty last year and holy crap where DIDN'T it go...

+2. I swapped out a split inner CV boot about 18 months ago. I used a geniune Mitsu repair kit and the grease is yellow. It has quite a thin consistency - Almost like slightly oily custard!

And yes, because it's a relatively thin grease, it gets flicked all over the shop, sasserfrasser,muttermutter....

 

[SiliconAngel]

Poor K, you would have been obsessing for weeks with a mess like that

 

[naughtika]

pour petrol all over it then wash it down with water old trick they do back home..

 

[Guest]

i love petrol it cleans everything. as the boys have said check the cv joints if its not that check breather line, the oil gunk in my catch can wasnt that yellow it just looks bright cause it was at night and the flash was on..

 

[naughtika]

Josh messaged me earlier the today.. confirmed that it is the cv boots.. poor fella.. one after another..

 

[frozen]

no luck with my car hey? its just one problem after the next as christian said. Yes, i took it to APC, and it is a split CV boot. I am going to just replace the driveshafts and cvs and get my standard ones reconditioned to sell back to the very nice person helping me with the cvs... kinda got this idea sorted out though so its already set to happen. Just going to wait till i got a few spare $$ for labour. Should only be a couple/few hours aparently.. varying car to car.

 

[Robotnik123]

What about the remanants of a squashed cane toad which the car ran over? That's kinda gooey and yucky yellow I think?