I had these two advisories on my MOT the other week. I didn't discuss it with the tester at the time as there was some 'faff' over a failure due to a damaged tyre (I persuaded them to change to the spare and re-test, as I already had a set of 4x wheels & tyres on order!) so we never got around to discussing the advisories.
I took a very quick look myself on Sunday afternoon, not easy to examine see the inner CV boot without dropping the undertray which I didn't have time to do - but from a quick look I couldn't see that either of the boots had perished or split - though clearly both were oily and had been for some time. No sign of any fluid/oil leak from above etc.
I've had similar warnings on some cars in the past, but when I've looked at them they have clearly looked or felt perished, or I was able to easily feel a split.
I probably will drop the tray and take a closer look, and I will give the garage a call this week, but is there anything common which would cause fluid on the outside of the CV and steering rack boots, other than the boots themselves being perished? Could this indicate that the steering rack or a driveshaft seal is actually leaking, and fluid getting outside the boot?
