[V8] riddle me this:

[D Morralee]

great Dave, "driveways Zits" are better than "SPAM threads " :-)  

 

> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:37:13 -0600
> From: dsaad at icehouse.net
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] riddle me this:
> 
> 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-----
> > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > KeithT1967 at aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:45 PM
> > 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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