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Oil around the wheel
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Thu, 25 March 2004 10:43
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Found large sump of oil around my inner wheel and around the brake area heaps of oil this a bad sign my brake fuild leaking?
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May 2002
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Re: Oil around the wheel
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Thu, 25 March 2004 10:46
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Check your CV boots are not split
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NSW, East Coast
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July 2003
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Re: Oil around the wheel
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Thu, 25 March 2004 11:42
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| Ali_is_Back wrote on Thu, 25 March 2004 21:43 |
Found large sump of oil around my inner wheel and around the brake area heaps of oil this a bad sign my brake fuild leaking?
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What car, front or back
Get a bit of this oil and compare to oil in the brake resiviuor, if the colour is the same then your leakin brake fliud. Or as puffy says cv boots maybe cracked/split.
If you have a diff, perhaps bearings or other are gone and leaking.
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Oil around the wheel
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Thu, 25 March 2004 12:35
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smell the fluid.. does it smell like greae, gear oil, or brake fluid? is it greasy, or not?
etc etc..
Cya, Stewart
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Re: Oil around the wheel
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Mon, 29 March 2004 01:19
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Well the oil is like a brown color and its pritty thick smells like gear box oil. its located front left wheel.
if the cv boots are spilt would it leak gear box oil?
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Sydney (Campbelltown...!)
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December 2003
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Re: Oil around the wheel
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Wed, 31 March 2004 12:27
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no but it spits out grease everywhere
just feel the boot and if theres a crack in it with grease all round it theres your problem, normally there'll be grease in the wheel rim and all over the inner guard...
if it was brake fluid n the brake fruid hose was split you wouldnt have any brakes
to fix the boot you can either pull the cv out and re boot it pretty easy if u have some idea and a manual or you can buy reco'd cv shafts
does the car make a clicking sound at all when you turn corners if so thats a sign that theres grease missing out of the cv shaft and its not getting enought lubrication..
anyway good luck!
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