Installed skid plates this week, so I decided to check on the bolts to ensure they haven't come loose from a week of potholes and driving.
I noticed this yellow/greenish thin oily grease around the bell-housing and decided to look closer. It does not look or feel (or smell) like motor oil, gear oil or transmission fluid, so all I can think is it may be some assembly oil. We used to douse slides for M9 / 92FS pistols with an assembly oil during the machining process, and it was just as tacky / smelly feeling as this. I've washed my hands and can still smell it slightly on my fingers.
Has anybody else noticed this stuff in the same area? I found a thread where somebody had a rear main seal leak and had the oil residue in this area, but their pictures showed a darker, thicker fluid as one would expect with dirty motor oil.
Update: grabbed my 1000 lumen flashlight and gave another look up into the crevice, there is some thick yellow grease around the bolt in that area. Hopefully this helps someone else out, as it appears to just be some assembly grease sweating down.
I noticed this yellow/greenish thin oily grease around the bell-housing and decided to look closer. It does not look or feel (or smell) like motor oil, gear oil or transmission fluid, so all I can think is it may be some assembly oil. We used to douse slides for M9 / 92FS pistols with an assembly oil during the machining process, and it was just as tacky / smelly feeling as this. I've washed my hands and can still smell it slightly on my fingers.
Has anybody else noticed this stuff in the same area? I found a thread where somebody had a rear main seal leak and had the oil residue in this area, but their pictures showed a darker, thicker fluid as one would expect with dirty motor oil.
Update: grabbed my 1000 lumen flashlight and gave another look up into the crevice, there is some thick yellow grease around the bolt in that area. Hopefully this helps someone else out, as it appears to just be some assembly grease sweating down.
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