This is my 08 OBW, 2.5L NA, 4EAT.
Drove on a stretch of I84 Eastbound yesterday between Scranton and Newburgh.
Perfect conditions for black ice, passed two 4 car pile-ups and one 2 car pile-up. Didn't look like there were any serious injuries, thankfully. The areas where the cars went off the road were not terribly steep, so no rollover danger. Still I would imagine 8 of the 10 were totalled.
Road felt "greasy", which is the crux of this question, I think. When I was stopped for the last collision 13 or 14 miles after the Milford exit (my mid-point fuel stop) the car stunk so bad I thought it was on fire. In fact I almost grabbed the animal carrier and got out. I last remember a smell almost that bad after I drove through an shorter period of similar weather with my 03 Forester, also a 4-EAT.
I traded that car a couple of months later for other reasons so long term after effects weren't something I cared about.
Basically I drove probably 40-50 miles under this type of road condition. Average speed was probably 50 or so during that time.
Momentary Rant On: For those of you who think that was a tad fast tell that to the morons in their monster SUV's that were climbing up my bumper, or passing me like I was in reverse. We all know that SUVs are indestructible, stop on a dime, (even on on ice) and and outhandle a race car. Rant over.
I'm guessing the thing was beating itself up transferring power back and forth, although the drivability was never an issue. Drove another 270 miles after that with no events and didn't notice the odor again, not even when I parked to unload the car. The road conditions definitely felt greasy.
Question is, how do I tell if I screwed up the center diff.....something under there was hotter than blue hell and I'm pretty sure that was it.
BTW - the transmission fluid appears to be fine, so that wasn't it.
Should I call the dealer and schedule an appointment? How can they tell, or for that matter how can I tell if the center diff's been compromised?
Thanks for the read.
Drove on a stretch of I84 Eastbound yesterday between Scranton and Newburgh.
Perfect conditions for black ice, passed two 4 car pile-ups and one 2 car pile-up. Didn't look like there were any serious injuries, thankfully. The areas where the cars went off the road were not terribly steep, so no rollover danger. Still I would imagine 8 of the 10 were totalled.
Road felt "greasy", which is the crux of this question, I think. When I was stopped for the last collision 13 or 14 miles after the Milford exit (my mid-point fuel stop) the car stunk so bad I thought it was on fire. In fact I almost grabbed the animal carrier and got out. I last remember a smell almost that bad after I drove through an shorter period of similar weather with my 03 Forester, also a 4-EAT.
I traded that car a couple of months later for other reasons so long term after effects weren't something I cared about.
Basically I drove probably 40-50 miles under this type of road condition. Average speed was probably 50 or so during that time.
Momentary Rant On: For those of you who think that was a tad fast tell that to the morons in their monster SUV's that were climbing up my bumper, or passing me like I was in reverse. We all know that SUVs are indestructible, stop on a dime, (even on on ice) and and outhandle a race car. Rant over.
I'm guessing the thing was beating itself up transferring power back and forth, although the drivability was never an issue. Drove another 270 miles after that with no events and didn't notice the odor again, not even when I parked to unload the car. The road conditions definitely felt greasy.
Question is, how do I tell if I screwed up the center diff.....something under there was hotter than blue hell and I'm pretty sure that was it.
BTW - the transmission fluid appears to be fine, so that wasn't it.
Should I call the dealer and schedule an appointment? How can they tell, or for that matter how can I tell if the center diff's been compromised?
Thanks for the read.