Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
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08/02/08 09:12 PM
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I haven't smelled anything this nasty since I worked at a Jeep dealer and the parts manager opened a bottle of quadra-trac adative under my nose. This was not the same smell but just as bad.
It's a 1972 B-body with 8 1/4" rear. I took the cover off to drain the fluid and it almost smells burn't. Besides the normal greenish colored fluid there was a grayish "sludge" in it.
Do I have burnt gear lube or is there some sort of addative (limited slip) that makes it smell like that? Should I be concerned?
The car has 58k original miles but the rear end fluid has been changed because there was RTV on the diff cover. Also it's an open rear, not limited slip.
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: Hotwheelsjr]
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08/02/08 09:30 PM
08/02/08 09:30 PM
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I don't even remember the name of it, anymore, but the ORIGINAL "whale oil" stuff for suregrip just smelled horrid.
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: Hotwheelsjr]
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08/02/08 09:37 PM
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Rear gear lube just stinks...period. 
How does it taste ? 
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: DUFFMAN]
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08/02/08 09:58 PM
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Rear gear lube just stinks...period.
I know what gear lube is supposed to smell like an it's like roses compared to this stuff. It's like an electrical fire, but 10X stronger.
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: Pat_Whalen]
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08/03/08 07:53 AM
08/03/08 07:53 AM
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Use a magnet and see if the sludge is ferrous, sticks to the magnet. If so it's metal, probably from the gears and/or bearings. If not then it's likely a contaminate.
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: Supercuda]
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08/03/08 09:11 AM
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Maybe sludge isn't a good word to describe what I'm seeing. The gray is just as viscous as the rest, thats why I think it's some sort of addative. That and it smells almost as nasty of some addatives I've smelt in the past.
Whats odd is that it's open rear so I don't understand what or why someone would have used an addative.
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Re: Nasty Smelling Gear Lube
[Re: DUFFMAN]
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08/03/08 12:54 PM
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Maybe sludge isn't a good word to describe what I'm seeing. The gray is just as viscous as the rest, thats why I think it's some sort of addative. That and it smells almost as nasty of some addatives I've smelt in the past.
Whats odd is that it's open rear so I don't understand what or why someone would have used an addative.
That's easy to explain. sometimes people try that to quiet a noisy pinion or bearing.
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I love the smell of 80W90 gear oil. Call me 
