I just got my entire passenger side axle replaced after the inner CV boot disintegrated and spattered grease all over everything for a week. Mechanic said it looked like the hot catalytic converter dried out the boot and ruined it, all others are fine. The grease, big globs of it, is still everywhere. I'd like to get it off, esp. the cat, because I can't run the A/c without having the cabin air set to recirculate, the smell is so bad. Can I just hose it down with that engine degreaser? will the degreaser ruin other rubber parts, or the new CV boots? Also, the inner boot on the new axle itself has some grease on it, where the mechanic inevitably got it all over his hands from the surrounding parts. Will that cause any damage/deterioration?
This was expensive, everyone cross their fingers for me that the bubbles from time to time in my radiator overflow tank aren't a sign of a HG about to go. If they are, this car's going to 'disappear' into a lake!
Thanks,
Andrew
98 Forester
95K