What is the powdery stuff on my front shocks?

1995 993

 

snort it and find out

 

Dry silicone lube would be my guess. Maybe salt creep??

Taist it, if you face goes numb quadcammer is correct.

 

 

Its mold release. I see it on a lot of 993's.

 

OMG that was sooooo funny, I needed that, thank you

 

Chris, Thank you!

Of course my next question is, what is mold release?

And for those of you who do the Devil's Dandruff, who among you will be the top bidder for my fine Teutonic Flake?

 

Mold release is stuff put into the mold so the rubber doesn't stick to the mold when vulcanized. That's why tires are greasy for the first 100-200 miles or so.

But that just sounds so damn dry. The car has been to Miami, right? Right?

 

Close. East Bay, CA. I don't think this car has ever left Kalifornicopia, although I am the 2nd owner and I don't know for sure. Perhaps it picked up, "The Lady" in Tijuana....