Weird grease like material dripping from new car.

[kjolly]

Hi. I bought  new 1.8 Tsi. Within the very first week of ownership, I noticed a weird white color grease like substance dripping and smeared all under the car and inside the engine bay. It was even present in the insides of the front fender.

 

No one at the service centers were able to give me a proper reply. One gentleman said "Its Chassis grease". Now whats chassis grease and why have I not seen this in any other vehicle or Skoda before?

 

PLease help.

[Defenderben]

Not come across this on a UK car but looking at your location it maybe something that is peculiar to new Skoda's/cars in your region?

We used to waxoil our cars and still do on some but that wasn't white not as far as I remember.

[Tech1e]

New Skodas come with a wax sprayed under them as a protector. Maybe yours had a heavy coating for some reason.

Perfectly normal

[Croat]

This white grease is used as lube for moving mechanical parts in printers. Gets yellowish after some time. I didn't know it's being used in cars? But seems logical 2 me.

Edited 5 February, 2016 by Croat

[M12MKD]

What the tech1e said. Had this on a fiat.

[London Les]

I think its in the manual. The 'grease' is wax sealant which is used to protect inaccessible panels from corrosion. The manual says it may seep out in hot weather conditions. Mine did a bit in the UK in September when the temperature was in the 30s. Not sure what the temp is in India right now.

[London Les]

^{Page 185 in the manual}

^{Cavity protection}

 

 

^{Read and observe and on page 183 first.}

 

^{All the cavities of your vehicle which are at risk from corrosion are protected}

^{for life by a layer of protective wax applied in the factory.}

^{Wax protection does not require to be inspected or re-treated.}

^{If any small amount of wax flow out of the cavities at high temperatures, these}

^{must be removed with a plastic scraper and the stains cleaned using a petroleum}

^cleaner.

^WARNING

^{Safety regulations should be observed when using petroleum cleaner to remove}

^{wax – risk of fire!}

[Croat]

I think its in the manual. The 'grease' is wax sealant which is used to protect inaccessible panels from corrosion. The manual says it may seep out in hot weather conditions. Mine did a bit in the UK in September when the temperature was in the 30s. Not sure what the temp is in India right now.

Yes high temperature might be the cause.

[kjolly]

Seems logical if its wax that melts out when hot. Thanks.

[Huskoda]

The whole of the engine bay of my Subaru was coated in a green wax, to protect it on the ship journey from Japan.

[ords]

So it all drips out and leaves the metal bare ???    "simply not clever"

[glosrich]

So it all drips out and leaves the metal bare ??? "simply not clever"

The metal isn't bare.

It has a zinc primer coating, might even be painted in some underbody areas.

[ords]

The metal isn't bare.

It has a zinc primer coating, might even be painted in some underbody areas.

Ok, thanks for the reply