Hi guys,

I have a brand new MCS that only has 300 miles and when is hot outside ( pretty much always since I live in Miami ) the car starts leaking a white grease like a white cream from the hood itself.

Has anyone seem this before?

Check the video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpik...ature=youtu.be

 

Yes, mine did it too. There's s link a few threads down titled "wax type stuff leaking out of hood." I would have added the link to it but couldn't figure it out.

Just use goo gone and a q-tip. Comes off with some patience.

 

Cosmoline......do a quick search.
It is an anti corrosion spray that is liquid at high temps, and solid at more typical temps...feels waxy...
It stains plastic....but is otherwise harmless..

 

Thank you very much!

Is that thing always going to be present or it dispear with time? I hate it already lol!

 

After a few days it will disappear...some cars have leakages...some never...the first couple hot days of the year when a car sits in the sun, is when it tends to happen.
Just be sure to wipe it up if it gets on any non-metal items....I CAN stain plastic if it sits. The car prep centers typically give the cars a VERY HOT wash when they off the ship (the process has changed a bit) but the resulting cosmoline that is collected is used to heat the water to wash the cars...at one point zero plastic was used to cover cars in shipping... think they have started to use some now, but just know that any the remains is acting to prevent corrosion.

Some places sell special cleaners...more for the OCD car detailer type of folks (no judgements here, I WISH I had time to detail my car).....
But wiping it up when cool....then some hot soapy water or even bug/tree sap remover worked for me.

 

Thank you very much guys

 

mine is a 2011 and I still have this running down the front of my mini but we have been having a really hot summer here 97-100 for over a month

 

Mini really goes overboard with that stuff. Seems they put an excess of it inside the hood.

 

An interesting approach to removal is to cover the stuff with talcum powder and apply heat. The goop melts and wicks up into the powder, which can then be more easily scraped off (just don't apply too much heat or scraping for the underlying surfaces).