Thread: Shock/Strut Oil

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Thanks for the update.. for us completists.. interesting (to me) is how they couldn't tell the difference between smelling hydraulic oil from a shock versus differential oils. Any of us knows what a hypoid oil smells like!! There is nothing else like it that I know of. Must of been the only "old timer" in that shop who found the real issue! LOL.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Thanks for the update.. for us completists.. interesting (to me) is how they couldn't tell the difference between smelling hydraulic oil from a shock versus differential oils. Any of us knows what a hypoid oil smells like!! There is nothing else like it that I know of. Must of been the only "old timer" in that shop who found the real issue! LOL.

In their defense, the initial gripe was the stench and they found a strut blown with oil sprayed all over. When it came back, they said, "Must not have got all of the oil...." Third time they found the old guy....

Originally Posted by rspears

In their defense, the initial gripe was the stench and they found a strut blown with oil sprayed all over. When it came back, they said, "Must not have got all of the oil...." Third time they found the old guy....

So "they" saw and repaired a leaky shock and called it good. But they couldn't smell the gear oil? I know you cannot answer the question, don't try. Maybe it wasn't "smelly" those other times? No matter, somehow it just doesn't equate in my head.