fliplyricist1

Just noticed a pool of liquid under my car located near the front passenger tire (accross from the mudflap)

I attached a pic of the leaking culprit, its right next to that large bolt assembly thingy (please excuse the n00bishness) liquid appears to be clear and odorless....but I'm worried

Car is a 97 3.0 auto trans...

please advise...thanks

switchfootvz

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did you have the A/C on today?

fliplyricist1

^ lolol good thing you asked man

well, I had my the fans blasting for a good hour straight@60 degrees...so I think we may have the culprit?

bRunCL

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you can try to fit your hand under the car and feel for the a/c drain hose and see if thats exactly where it's coming from.

switchfootvz

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yup, if it's like water than it's the a/c man! no worries it's normal! you are all good! I get scared here and there thinking it's oil but it's not!

GhettoNinja06

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There you go. I get worse under my car but texas heat is crazy..

For someone who has such a hot CL, that was pretty n00bish.
No offense bro!

Myxomatosis

I actually had this happen today, for about 1 second, I was wondering what the hell was leaking and than duhh.....It was pretty humid today.

When diagnosing this stuff, look at it, smell it, and if necessary taste it. You'll figure it out pretty quick. Not saying go taste everything, but if you're unsure, it can only be one of these things

oil=amber to black, smells like burning tires and feels slippery, black smoke

antifreeze=clear/green and sometimes red, sweet smelling, and a bit slippery white smoke(steam)

water= well I'm not explaining that

trans fluid= red, a bit sweet smelling, thick and means your f'ed.

brake fluid=smells like oil, but would be around the wheels or master cylinder amber

steering fluid= about the same as brake fluid but would come out the front of the engine(note not the car...engine) or from under the steering rack

gas=smells like gas, can't be much else.

I only thought of this because I explained it to my wife this way...

GhettoNinja06

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Taste? wtf??
I'm sorry but if I didn't know much about cars and stumbled onto a green puddle of antifreeze and took your advice to taste it, that really wouldn't be healthy..

97BlackAckCL

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sounds like the ac for sure

Myxomatosis

there's a big difference between taste and ingest. No shit antifreeze is poison but a 1/4ml wouldn't harm you more than the air you breathe. I'm not even sure I've ever actually had to touch the liquid with my tongue before. You can pretty much taste stuff like this just by getting it close. When you use your nose fingers and indirect sense of taste you can not only what fluid it is, but many times you can tell what happened.