WarrenBoostit
Member
Hello all, back for some more wallet destruction discovery.
At the beginning of December, I finally got my car back from a transmission rebuild. One thing I noticed is that the cabin from the get-go smelled like gear oil, but I figured that was likely due to a gear oil covered mechanic sitting in the cabin (and maybe that is genuinely the case). After coming back from Christmas vacation, I noticed dark green, very oily drips on the floor of my garage. I need to do another smell test, but initially it did seem to have a hint of that gear oil smell. Parking it on the street overnight, I noticed a few more drops appear in the morning.
Any ideas on what this could potentially be? So far my best guesses are either A/C oil, or PTU fluid, or maybe a grease used in transmission rebuild. Though I run Redline Lightweight Shockproof in my PTU, and to my understanding unless it's contaminated by maybe winter salt it shouldn't be green (full disclosure, I had a techn fill it for me last time, maybe some old fluid was left behind). Would love to know your thoughts, in the past 3 months I've spent $11k+ on replacing/rebuilding both the RDU and the transmission, and to be quite honest I don't know if my wallet can take much more damage. Desperately hoping this is something small.
At the beginning of December, I finally got my car back from a transmission rebuild. One thing I noticed is that the cabin from the get-go smelled like gear oil, but I figured that was likely due to a gear oil covered mechanic sitting in the cabin (and maybe that is genuinely the case). After coming back from Christmas vacation, I noticed dark green, very oily drips on the floor of my garage. I need to do another smell test, but initially it did seem to have a hint of that gear oil smell. Parking it on the street overnight, I noticed a few more drops appear in the morning.
Any ideas on what this could potentially be? So far my best guesses are either A/C oil, or PTU fluid, or maybe a grease used in transmission rebuild. Though I run Redline Lightweight Shockproof in my PTU, and to my understanding unless it's contaminated by maybe winter salt it shouldn't be green (full disclosure, I had a techn fill it for me last time, maybe some old fluid was left behind). Would love to know your thoughts, in the past 3 months I've spent $11k+ on replacing/rebuilding both the RDU and the transmission, and to be quite honest I don't know if my wallet can take much more damage. Desperately hoping this is something small.
