Austin_S2000

Sounds crazy but it is true.

I noticed oil drops after pulling my car out of the garge. The oil looked like crankcase engine oil. I took the car to the dealer and they were able to pin point the location of the drip.

Turns out that there is a bushing located on the lower trailing arm (just left of the rear diff) that is filled with oil. I would have never have guessed that. They made a few phone calls and sure enough it is indeed filled with oil. I will post some pics for you all to see.

So my car will have to go under the knife some time this week for one full day. I do not like the thought of that.

Has anyone else had this problem? By the way my car is a 2001.

VA S2K

Good thing you caught it quickly. Hopefully you'll be back on the road in no time

cmwaustin

Jose,

That is a bummer, but it is a good thing you discovered it & are having it fixed...

Which dealer are you taking it to?

Austin_S2000

Attached is a link to some pictures of this animal.

Not to happy about this.

Suspension Leak Album

cdelena

That sure looks like the differential mount leaking, not a suspension component.

2kturkey

I have to agree CD, Austin'sproblem is definitely not suspension.
I posted about a month back complaining about the fact that my rear shocker springs and adjacent areas of the chassis were covered in oil and dirt (sort of like throw off from a motorcycle chain). I am due for my 20,000 km service any day now and am going to have them look into this. I believe the rear shockers are leaking and this will have a consequent loss in damping performance.