Who Here Hates the Smell of Gear Oil?

"vicariousILive" (vicariousILive) 09/09/2015 at 08:26 • Filed to: None

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Last night I changed out the gear oil in my differential. I was supposed to do it at 30,000 miles but i have waited until now at 37,000 miles because I hate the smell of SAE 75 oil...It is one of the most atrocious smells!

Besides that lingerings smell of gear oil on my hands, everything looks good despite driving through deep water without a diff breather a year ago. Also no large chunks of metal on the drain plug magnet so I’m happy

Next up are the transfer case and the front diff...not looking forward to the smell!

LongbowMkII > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:30

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it’s so rancid. just the memory makes me want to scrape off the back of my tongue.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:30

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Gear oil’s the worst and it only gets worse as it ages.

supra-squirrel > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:34

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I think the worst would have been when our assistant manager knocked over the entire drum when our pit guy was at the other end of the bay. He told noone. About ten gallons all over a pit we had literally just cleaned the day before.

Both the pit man and I where ready to kill him and the shop smelled like geardo for a month.

vondon302 > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:36

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Ugh i can smell it just reading the post. It’s the worst!

Captain of the Enterprise > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:39

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It's awful

ly2v8-Brian > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:40

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Yeah, it's pungent alright.

pip bip - choose Corrour > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:49

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smells good to me.

FlimFlamMan > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:50

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It’s like the smell sticks to you... even when you do not get any on you at all.

Ash78, voting early and often > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/09/2015 at 08:54

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I actually kind of like it, as long as I’m not around it every day. There’s something evocative of heavy machinery that gets me excited like a little kid. Smell is the sense most closely linked with memory and emotion.

Mattbob > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:56

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I don’t mind it at all, but it seems like a common thing for people to hate that smell.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 08:59

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I remember watching a NASCAR race once and hearing Darrel Waltrip say that burning gear oil is the worst smell in the world. I tend to agree with him.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 09/09/2015 at 09:23

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Ac delco makes grape scented gear oil.

boredalways > Ash78, voting early and often 09/09/2015 at 09:24

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For me it’s tires. My grandfather and my dad owned a tire and repair shop when I was a child. Played hide and seek amongst the stacks of tires every time I was there.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 09:24

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I’m weird I love the smell of mechanical fluids and oils. I grew up on the flightline at El Toro Marine Air base in the FA-18 hydraulics and avionics shop watching my dad wrench on the first squadron of FA-18s. That sent of hydraulic fluid and oil has stcuk with me these 29 years.

Wacko > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 09:36

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your truck has snots

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 09/09/2015 at 09:55

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I’m trying to decide if that would be worse after sigging in a diff for a couple of decades or not...

Urambo Tauro > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 09:57

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Friction modifier. Whoof.

desertdog5051 > Wacko 09/09/2015 at 09:59

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Those are stalagtites. It must have been sitting for a while.

BigBlock440 > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 10:08

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Yup, hate it. I don’t mind the smell of any other fluids, but gear oil is terrible. Also, I don’t mind most fluids on my hands, but brake fluid is the worst. I hate touching brake fluid.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 10:30

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Gear oil is terrible. I have a habit of forgetting to drain diffs before splitting them open which results in a large puddle of the stuff spilling onto my garage floor.

Nasty.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 10:43

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HammerheadFistpunch > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 11:26

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holy crap I hate the smell of gear oil SO much. I still have the T-case and rear diff to do (and the front as well, now that I think about it). I’m thinking I might take up that offer of Nates to have the truck baselined.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 11:53

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I know that smell, too. It does reek.

CaptDale - is secretly British > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 12:09

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Worst smell ever and thank you GM for making it even more disgusting

The grape scent does nothing!!!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 15:45

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Yes. And ZF 6 speed oil, smells like dead fish.

vicariousILive > HammerheadFistpunch 09/09/2015 at 16:13

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Baselined?

vicariousILive > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/09/2015 at 16:14

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Oooo I’ll have to try it

vicariousILive > FlimFlamMan 09/09/2015 at 16:16

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Now my garage smells like it

HammerheadFistpunch > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 16:18

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All he fluids changed out for like $200.

vicariousILive > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 09/09/2015 at 16:19

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On grew up on a farm and I always drove this loader where I worked at in high school. The thing leaked hydraulic fluid. I had to add about a gallon every couple hours. It pissed me off that my boss never took the time to fix it. Anyways that smell and diesel, I have never forgotten

vicariousILive > HammerheadFistpunch 09/09/2015 at 16:27

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Never heard it called that but it includes an auto transmission fluid change then it would be worth it.

HammerheadFistpunch > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 16:29

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Im thinking about it. Hate doing fluid changes.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > vicariousILive 09/09/2015 at 17:19

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Fucking disgusting, even after washing my hands like 5 times to get it off it still is there smelling...

greasemonkey235097 > vicariousILive 09/10/2015 at 02:58

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Try dealing with thay crap when you have to reseal a rear in an 18 wheeler, gallons of that crap to drain on 500xxx mile vehicle, with oil that has never been changed.

Kelsey > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/16/2015 at 17:44

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I agree! Changed out gear oil in an old defender once (literally chunks of gears in there, hadn’t been changed for years!) it smelled DISGUSTING! Even new I would not choose the smell but at least it doesn’t make me gag.

Tim > vicariousILive 10/16/2015 at 20:35

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Burnt or old gear oil is miserable. While I was a shock tech for a while I found that I hated burnt shock oil even more. The room fills with a rotten egg type smell.
On the other hand my favorite smell as a kid was the smell of burnt 2 stroke oil. Specifically Maxima Super M. That stuff smell like freedom.