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Offline Juliand

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Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« on: March 19, 2016, 01:58:36 pm »
As above really....My car (two weeks in now) has lots of this stuff on door hinges and boot hinges. It's sooo tempting to get a cloth on it to give it a cleaner look, but it's obviously there for the purpose of lubing / protecting the hinges from rust etc. Anyone else seen this? Might try to get a pic or two up

Thoughts, please....

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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2016, 02:49:59 pm »
Wipe it off. If it's not in the hinge then it's not doing anything.
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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2016, 10:08:22 am »
As above give it a good  clean, it will only start collecting dirt and look horrible.
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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2016, 04:26:07 pm »
 :doh: Don't wipe it off! Its the proper VW grease for the roller part of the hinge! The dealer applies this from following the manufacturer service manual!
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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2016, 04:37:05 pm »
So all the white crap on here that IS NOT in the actual hindge is doing what exactly??

« Last Edit: March 20, 2016, 07:43:44 pm by rich83 »
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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2016, 05:48:57 pm »
That picture is quite special - so much grease everywhere, except on the actual pin on the hinge, which looks rusty & dry. Good old VW dealers. Blasting this stuff out to make it look like they've done something...
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Re: Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2016, 07:40:10 pm »
As others have said - just wipe off the excess.  It annoys me when they do it!  Just attracts dirt over time making things worse.

As long as the bits which move/rub together are greased there's no issue.
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