One of the short bolts on the grid heater/intake horn is always wet when I pull it out for maintenance. I pulled it tonight to install the new boots and it's wet again. It's the only one like this. It's actually the bolt that the grid heater ground wire fastens to. Don't ask about smell, I can't smell much at all through my nose so I can't tell you what it smells like.

 

If ya can't smell it...does it taste like fuel, oil or water?

 

It's kinda gritty tastin, ya know like when your layin under the truck workin on it and all the rust and mud is fallin right in yer face, ya like that ya know. Eh.

 

Is it slick like oil? Is the bolt rusty? Maybe try taking a Qtip and dabbing it in the hole to see if you can tell what color the moisture is.

 

Last I knew you were supposed to be on your way home with a new tranny for your car. It's rusty color and just wet so it shouldn't be oil. No surface rust on the bolt though and it's been like this for years just never thought much about it before.

 

Those bolts ain't even close to water or oil or anything wet, do you think it could be some water where the motor was washed? Seems like the engine heat would keep it evaporated wouldn't it?