Identify this mystery goo!

john68 · Sep 23, 2009

Acid or chemical dipped, and not cleaned correctely, Old racecar problem from, many,
many, moons ago.

RSSSfanatic · Sep 24, 2009

camsdad said:
I had a similar problem like this when I owned a 67 El Camino.
The frikin car was faster than a speeding bullet and it was possessed. She dogged me every time I tried to show off, but came through every time I needed her to.
When I would talk about selling it something would always break down. If I kept my mouth shut she was happy. Sometimes weird fluid leaks would show up on the floor of my garage for no apparent reason.
There are also some people in the world whom bleed from various areas on their bodies spontaneously for no apparent reason.
Crazy!

Looks like your ride is trying to tell you something.
Remove those braces!
She's outgrown those old ones and wants new shiny ones.

Cue up Steven King's "Christine" here ***

Steptoe · Sep 24, 2009

I still have my orginals...on the underside there is a small ,what looks like a drain hole....

SOA-Nova · Sep 25, 2009

I have to agree too with some liquid being trapped inside and it is now oozing out. I had the same problem with some engine compartment bracing tubes on my 74 Nova that also have the ends crimped. Mine were acid dipped and they filled up and even after soaking in a nuetralizing liquid they did not get flushed out. Luckily I had another set and didn't have them dipped but instead blasted to clean them.

Jim

langss · Sep 25, 2009

A Schab said:
I think you answered your own question,the bars filled up while they were in the hot tank and are just leaking now.

That's the answer right there.That's why simple green will take it off.

DjD · Sep 25, 2009

How does fluid of any kind in the fender brace create the stain I circled in the picture? How does it flow uphill and climb onto the flattened part of the brace and leave such a uniform stain on and off the brace in the circle? Am I missing some basic physic's? I understand liquid being in the brace, just not the pattern left behind from it leaking out...

Shandara · Sep 25, 2009

DjD said:
How does fluid of any kind in the fender brace create the stain I circled in the picture? How does it flow uphill and climb onto the flattened part of the brace and leave such a uniform stain on and off the brace in the circle? Am I missing some basic physic's? I understand liquid being in the brace, just not the pattern left behind from it leaking out...

Being as the flattened part of the tube will not flow the full amount of liquid in the tube and the most likely spots on a flattened end, like that one, is right along the top edge and bottom edge. If he lifted his car at the front and the liquid runs back to the end it will drain though both holes at the same time leaving that kind of mark on the top side, in his case it does not look to be running out of the bottom edge but thats just luck of the draw when the end was pressed and/or corrosion over the years gunked up the bottom edge. I have had the same happen to me in the past.

Skunk Works · Sep 26, 2009

I think I would take the brace off and drill a drain hole in the bottom on that end. I bet some gunk would come out.

alanrw · Sep 26, 2009

Is this like when someone has a piece of toast with a religious icon visable on the toast?

alan

langss · Sep 26, 2009

alanrw said:
Is this like when someone has a piece of toast with a religious icon visable on the toast?

alan

I don't think its anything like that, more like a tire with a slow leak.

.Bad75. · Sep 26, 2009

Its deffinately too big for a pin hole. Are you sure you just didn't spill/chew something and pick it up? No fluids change that color in the engire/tranny. Trace your steps.

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