# Car getting covered in oily/greasy substance **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-getting-covered-in-oily-greasy-substance/267266 "2013-06-21T05:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![ChrisCaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ChrisCaz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ChrisCaz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-getting-covered-in-oily-greasy-substance/267266/13 "2013-06-22T01:16:02Z")
> [@Olympic Patriotism](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/olympic-patriotism/53027/20): > > Did u smell it? What color is it It looks brown/black. Doesn’t have a distinct smell. I know it’s not coolant. > [@Please help Paulo and willybeen out. \<3](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-paulo-and-willybeen-out-3/53025/13): > > you dont have an open breather on your valve cover or some sort of open filter catch can do you? I do have a catch can to get rid of my PCV but it is a closed system. No vent to atmosphere anything on this car. > [@88slowmarro"](#): > > Spray it with water and see if it beads up like a oil , I don’t see cv grease doing this . If its brake fluid u may wanna kiss your paint job goodbye . Water does bead up on it. How quickly do you think brake fluid would eat through the paint? > [@Out with the old/In with the newer(NEW PICS)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-newer-new-pics/53032/7): > > What kind of car is this? Whoops…of course…2007 VW GTI. > [@Keep my father in your thoughts...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keep-my-father-in-your-thoughts/53029/20): > > is it evenly coating the car? or is it more like beads of syrup? Evenly coating the car from the base of the windshield back. It’s not really getting on the doors, but it is getting on the door windows. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-getting-covered-in-oily-greasy-substance/267266)._