Well tonight I was just looking around in my engine bay and saw this splattered on my firewall on the passenger side. The best I can describe it is that it looks like semi-melted butter It's yellow and sort of thick. I was thinking maybe its coming from the pass axle boot but I checked it and it doesn't seem to be torn. Maybe the other small cv boot looking thing right behind the axle (cant think of the name right now)?

Anyway, please help. Here are the pics to help out. I couldn't get any of the engine bay because its really dark outside.

 

Axle boot, check both inside and outside.

 

was your dip stick loose as in not seated down all the way? go check if your not sure

 

i would really hope that is not the oil in his car

 

thats what motor oil looks like when it gets mixed with water and heater. This could be really bad. Head gasket, water into your oil pan, something like that.

But i have seen that color and consistency quite a few times.

 

That looks like oil and grease whipped together.

 

def looks like grese from an axle

 

+1 for oil mixture, looks like what I had happen to my last car:



Good luck!

 

Yeah it looks like its from an axle

ok maybe not cause of the pic above me lol

 

ok well i just checked and dipstick was fully seated and sealed so I dont think its coming out from there. Is there anywhere in specific I should check for this stuff coming out of?

Also, I checked the oil level to be sure and it is still at the max line and looks very clean. I dont know if that info helps at all. Thanks for all the replies so far guys.

 

ripped inner cv boot for sure turn your wheels fully to a side and check the axles

 

looks like cv axel grease mixed with water

 

i definitley will say it inner axle boot also as my oem snap ring some how came off and when i jacked my car up to do an oil change that same exact color oil was splattered everywhere

check to see if the axle boot "ring" is in tact

 

definitely the axle boot..

 

axle grease is black....

+5 on engine oil froth....

need pic of area splattered..and engine bay