[V8] riddle me this:

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

It must be the body sealer - what the Audi guru called cosmoline.  If it
were any sort of under-hood fluid it would not pile up on the driveway -
this stuff makes little driveway zits.  The weather is a little cooler now
(down from historic highs) and I have not seen it again so I am hoping the
case is closed.

Dave


> ... I was thinking along similar lines ... except I would not limit the
> search to the rack ... IME it can be any of the flex lines between the
> pump
> and the rack ... even the return line to the reservoir!  Funny, I haven't
> had similar problems with the lines going to the brake system ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] riddle me this:
>
> Unless some nefarious soul is messing with you your mysterious  substance
> is a either a compound of hydraulic fluid and the wax Audi  dipped the car
> in
> during production or plain old hydraulic fluid that's reacted  with air
> and
> the grime on top of the transmission. Since you say appears to be  coming
> from the center of the motor I'd be looking real hard at your rack boot.
> That boot can look perfect from the top and be completely full of leaking
> fluid
>  and dripping onto the transmission.
>
> K
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/5/2011 11:40:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> dsaad at icehouse.net writes:
>
> What  drips from under the hood
> and is thick like grease but is not grease - more  gelatinous
> and is blackish in color but has a clear component to it
> and  does not smell like a petroleum product
> and is slimy but not greasy to the  touch?
>
> I am guessing it is expensive.  It seems to drip down near  the center of
> the motor.  I don't have the belly pan on  now.
>
> Dave
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