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Old 01-18-2006 | 09:31 AM
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Found weird gooey cakey yellow stuff under my car...

Sorry, no pics yet... I will take some as soon as I can find a digicam.

There's just a little pool of cakey yellow stuff on the driveway where I park my car every day. I know I have a bit of a power steering leak, and I think my rear main seal and/or oil pan are probably leaking a little too (waiting on fixing that stuff until it comes time to do my clutch), so I'm used to seeing a few drips of oil on the ground in that one spot. Now, in the same spot on the ground, it's yellow.

I also recall having seen flecks of stuff in my oil on the dipstick, but that was only one time when I cold-started it and had to turn it off relatively soon afterward.

Engine seems to be running and pulling fine... I can't tell how good my mileage is because something's also wrong with my fast idle cam and sometimes it pins my car at 3k rpm when it's supposed to be idling. Still have to fix that...

Any ideas?
Old 01-18-2006 | 09:35 AM
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No idea.... maybe a stray cat threw up under your car ?
Old 01-18-2006 | 09:57 AM
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Here's hoping you're right.
Old 01-18-2006 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by njmodi
No idea.... maybe a stray cat threw up under your car ?
He might be right...I cant figure out what it could be...If you've got leaks under your car, an animal might have licked it and thrown up...not completely impossible although it sounds unlikely.
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