This past summer I had gears changed and the axle rebuilt. I stopped at the shop on my way home from work to pay him and pick up the Mustang. He gave me my old gears and I put them in the back of my Bronco. He suggested changing out the fluid with synthetic after 1000 miles and gave me a brand new bottle of Ford friction modifier additive. Nice! I tossed it on the the back seat.
I drove the Mustang home and came back later for my Bronco. As expected the interior smelled pretty strongly of gear oil.
Took the gears out and put em in the garage. Bronco still smelled next day. Weeks later after constant cleaning everything still smelled. Windows open all day. Still smelled.
WTF is going on here. Every surface has been cleaned. All the floors are rubber so there's no carpet or upholstery anywhere to absorb the smell. So I go to clean under the back seat as its the only place I haven't scrubbed and I spy with my little eye that bottle of traction additive under there. Must have rolled under there and I totally forgot about it. I grabbed it and gave it a whiff.
Thinking it must have leaked or something I took of the cap off the top and it was still sealed with foil. Somehow that smell goes right trough the plastic! What made me remember is I got another one in the mail today and as soon as i opened the box I smelled it. Sealed and also in a zip lock baggie.
I feel bad for whoever works in the place that makes that stuff!
I drove the Mustang home and came back later for my Bronco. As expected the interior smelled pretty strongly of gear oil.
Took the gears out and put em in the garage. Bronco still smelled next day. Weeks later after constant cleaning everything still smelled. Windows open all day. Still smelled.
WTF is going on here. Every surface has been cleaned. All the floors are rubber so there's no carpet or upholstery anywhere to absorb the smell. So I go to clean under the back seat as its the only place I haven't scrubbed and I spy with my little eye that bottle of traction additive under there. Must have rolled under there and I totally forgot about it. I grabbed it and gave it a whiff.
Thinking it must have leaked or something I took of the cap off the top and it was still sealed with foil. Somehow that smell goes right trough the plastic! What made me remember is I got another one in the mail today and as soon as i opened the box I smelled it. Sealed and also in a zip lock baggie.
I feel bad for whoever works in the place that makes that stuff!