Need diagnoses for grease/oil leak
 

I recently discovered that I have an oil or grease leak around my front left lower arm (see photos). I'm guessing that this happened within the past 3 weeks. I can't find the source of the leak, but I think it's from the drive shaft because of the spray pattern, although it could be coming from somewhere else and spraying after hitting the drive shaft. I'm guessing that when I installed my Cobb springs, the front arm was unsupported for a while when I was changing my springs and this caused a leak path.

Any ideas of how to figure out where the leak is, and how to fix it? Thanks

looks messy. Get under the car and wipe everything you can, then maybe you can see where its coming from. Maybe you ran over a really greasy chicken or something.

CV?

check for cracks or holes on the inner cv boot.

It def looks like you have a tear in your cv boot. Mazda won't rebuild it and local shops MIGHT but typically they just want to replace the axle from the joint out.

Are you seeing the grease on the wheels or being thrown on the side of the car? I have had this problem from day one, especially when I am cornering hard. The problem is I cannot find any evidence of leaking from anywhere.

cv boot is leaking where it joins the axle or is torn

me personally i enjoy rebuilding them it pays more :D

4 words: autzone universal boot kit

left side?
passenger side?
is that "greese" anywhere in the engine bay?

The grease leak is around my front left lower arm. There's no grease in the engine bay. The spray pattern looks like the grease is coming out when I'm turning to the right. I also am finding it very difficult to find a leak on the boot; however, I'm now convinced after hearing the above comments that it's the boot. I'll check out the boot kit for now. Thanks for the help.

i've replaced a cv shaft and boot in a civic before. hahaha, what a shitty job. have fun man!

I had the exact same thing happen to me after I installed my H&R springs. I wiped up the mess, but couldn't locate the source of the leak. I've kept an eye out for a few weeks and it hasn't happened since. Very strange.

thats cause its run out of grease...

But where did it come from? How do I 're-grease' it?

Sorry...this answered my question. Does anyone one know about how much $ this would run?

warranty..?

Only my boot needed to be replaced (it had a pin hole). I believe the boot cost $75.

Did you do it yourself? If yes....how do you know how much grease to re-pack it with?

I doubt they'll mess with it once they see my H&R springs.

Depends. Find out first

Dealer did it under warranty.