YOUR RESEARCHFluid leak on drivers inside rim?
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There is some sort of thick type liquid, maybe grease on the inside of my rims. I am currently at work so unable to look at it in depth. Is there a grease fitting or something under there? Just trying to find out what I need to do to fix it. By the way I have a C4 so it may have something to do with the axle? TIA
C4 or C2? MKI or MKII ?
blown cv boot it sounds like.
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It is a MK1 c4 it is on the front left rim. How much is a cv boot?
If its the boot, they don't cost much, its the installed price that gets you!
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I just got under it and looked and it is the axle boot. It has a small crack and the grease is coming out of it. Is there a DIY for something like this? How many hours is it to replace it? It is working perfect, just leaking so thankfully I don't need a new axle. Should I drive on it?
I dont think driving it will hurt, but might make the mess bigger... I dont know about the front axle but I just took the front spindles off and it wasnt too hard... (C2)
You don't want to drive on a torn boot as when the cv joint runs out of lubrication, it get's damaged pretty a quickly. Especially if moisture gets in the boot. Sounds like you caught in pretty early so, have the boot replaced as soon as possible.
goop!
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yeah it's bad to drive with a torn boot but I have driven my own cars and had customers put thousands of miles on on torn boots. As for cost, a boot is like $50. The labor kills you. This is a possible DIY but I don't with a CV boot job on anyone. I have had 2 cars towed in because the customer got so dirty and frustrated.
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