I noticed a blob of grease on my passenger door. When I went to wash the car, I then noticed a large ridge of grease on the lip of the fender well, about 45 degrees above the hub. There's also some grease marks on the wheel covers. (I've got steelies and hubcaps for winter.) I'm thinking a maybe a CV boot let go, but it's been too cold to go crawling around under the car. I'm hoping I just ran some grease over, but it looked like very clean grease to me. Updates as weather permits.

 

Thats the first place i would look too.

 

can't see the grease making it out that far but you never know,better to check

 

Unless it's changed, the CV grease is a blueish/green color.

 

Ya think?

 

That sounds about rignt.

 

I've seen my share of CV joint boots go bad, Never seen one get grease on the outside of the rim/hubcap.................

 

Snoopy's right...it's an aqua (blueish-green) color when it's greased prior to shipment off the line.

 

Well inspection of the CV boot revealed that it's fine. I must have run over the grease. I had also been getting an awful sound from that same wheel on bumps. The strut boot had become detached at the bottom.

 

Time to check the wheel bearings...I think