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Plume of smoke then red and green liquid leaking :(
I was just pulling onto my road when i did a medium pull in first to second gear just before arriving home. As soon as I stopped the car I saw a plume of white smoke and then instantly noticed a leak below the car. The liquid at first surely seems to be a light red liquid and quite a bit had leaked out. After about 10+ minutes of leaking the red stopped and now I see a much thinner and definitely green liquid dripping. What the heck is going on? If red/pink is transmission then what could have happened? If its transmission then how could there also be a green/blue fluid leak?
The power steering reservoir still seems to be full so it's not that.
Hard to see cause it's night, and im trying to hold the camera and use a light at the same time, but here is a video.... Any help/advice etc would be appreciated... I love this car.
If the only problem is the radiator I will be thrilled. I really hope thats what the issue is. I'm going to have to get it towed to the shop tomorrow to find out. Fingers crossed thats the only issue.
After about an hour the radiator now seems to be empty. So essentially,
Car plumes smoke, car dumps mostly all red liquid for 2-5 minutes then slowly started dripping green. Over the course of an hour a ton of coolant has now leaked out and the radiator is empty.
Is the radiator my only problem? I looked online at the radiator and I dont see where the transmission would connect to it. I'm going to see if I can dig up the manual over in the 3ggarage.
Yup, a few members here including myself a few months ago have had similar issues. In my case coolant got into my transmission somehow but that may not be the case with your car. My transmission started acting funny (would not engage 4th or 5th gears even in manual mode). You should check the transmission fluid to make sure it looks right. By the looks of it you will need to add some regardless. My atf fluid looked like strawberry milkshake and my transmission did not like that substance. After about 6 or 7 drain and fills it runs beautifully again. In case you did get coolant in the transmission, do not have it flushed with a machine.... just drain n fills with some driving in between each.
Lets say the transmission coolant lines are actually the problem. If they broke, would they empty a bunch of trans fluid then the coolant once the trans fluid leaked out? If that's the case, whats the repair cost associated t that? I called 5 repair places and the best price for a new radiator installed today was $500.
Same problem happened to me last month. Got a new radiator topped off with the prestone (temporarly) then i got my cooling system cleaned and replaced fluid at honda dealer because I did see some oil floating after a couple runs. It looked like witches soup but now it's nice and blue. Just make sure you replace the little hose from radiator to reservoir or it slowly drips and goes all over the engine bay when on Highway.
Had to have it done. The seal broke on the inlet to the transmission line. $540 new radiator and topped off trans fluid and radiator. Just happy I could get it done in less then 20 hours from when it broke. Thanks for the help everyone.
Just experienced the identical problem and am in the midst of solving it as the snow falls. Red and green fluid, found the hose right away ...
Found it in the hole, loose. The radiator port, with loose Coils/fins inside
10-05-2016, 08:56 PM
so it's not that. 
