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I just got out from under my car double checking my Element's first Local Shop oil change. Well, I found something weird. Orientation: I'm on my back, feet out the front of the element, head toward the rear. I look up next to the filter & there is a glob of lubricant, sort of like thin axel grease. That's the first picture. It was about a large gumball sized glob had some dirt mixed in but it was packed into a cavity & over a liquid gasket...which made me wonder if it was oozing out or flung there. I cleaned it away to see & I can't tell. The gasket right under the glob is not loose but doesn't feel rigid like nearby areas.
When I look toward the passenger wheel, up on the chassis is what looks like a blow out of libricant...that's the second picture. I had seen a small glob on that hose (at that time the vantage point was looking up from under side of car) prior to taking a 1,000 mile trip 2 weeks ago. I thought it was just a bit dropped during a service. I don't know how long this has been there because I don't think I crawled under at that time to see this area (I was installing side steps). But as you can see from the picture, that lube has a coat of road dirt on it now. That dirt coat couldn't have happened on the way home from the shop.
I don't see or feel anything on the boot that I assume is the drive axel. But there is some on the top lip of the oil pan direct line down from the main glob.
I hope I explained this well enough...ask me for more info if necessary. I did search threads but couldn't find anything to post this in.
Any of you out there have an idea what this is, where it's coming from before I go back to the shop on Monday?
Thanks!
When I look toward the passenger wheel, up on the chassis is what looks like a blow out of libricant...that's the second picture. I had seen a small glob on that hose (at that time the vantage point was looking up from under side of car) prior to taking a 1,000 mile trip 2 weeks ago. I thought it was just a bit dropped during a service. I don't know how long this has been there because I don't think I crawled under at that time to see this area (I was installing side steps). But as you can see from the picture, that lube has a coat of road dirt on it now. That dirt coat couldn't have happened on the way home from the shop.
I don't see or feel anything on the boot that I assume is the drive axel. But there is some on the top lip of the oil pan direct line down from the main glob.
I hope I explained this well enough...ask me for more info if necessary. I did search threads but couldn't find anything to post this in.
Any of you out there have an idea what this is, where it's coming from before I go back to the shop on Monday?
Thanks!
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