Comments on: Auto Troubleshooting: What’s Leaking from My Car?

By: april

april — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:26:21 +0000

i really don’t know whats happing with my car it a 1992 dodge chrystler caravan and the problem is there is a strange oil leaking in the front its only a drop or two during the day and turns into a small puddle the next morning i think its because when i first bought it the guy said it had been sitting in his drive way for 2 weeks because he did could not drive it without lisence plates and when i bought it the car had to sit another 2 weeks because i had to get plates for it do you think i just need to drive it a little more and then it would stop?

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:21:18 +0000

Just drove over a kerb, which i didn’t see and now my car is leaking fluid from the front of the vehicle nearer to the passenger side. the fluid is not oily and is clear in colour. What could this be and how much damage have I done ?

By: angie

angie — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:36:54 +0000

I have a leak in the front of my vehicle on the passenger side, im not sure of the color when i rubbed it with my finger it was not oily and it just looked clear but dirty from the ground. When i looked to see if i had anitfreeze it was empty and i filled it back up… Do you know what this is from?

By: Alan S. Gardner

Alan S. Gardner — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:53:13 +0000

Thank-you. I spotted a leak this morning, which developed in the last 48 hours. It seems that our 2005 Honda Pilot runs a transmission fluid line through its radiator. The line failed within the radiator at some point, and then the radiator developed a small leak. We are told that the radiator is shot, but the transmission appears to be OK. Your notes were helpful.

By: Delta

Delta — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:24:47 +0000

This is a great article. As a young woman, I feel like every man my age needs a refresher course in the art of Manliness. Trust me, it’s a little embarrassing to have my fiance come to me with his mechanical questions. So thanks for writing such a great article :)

By: sanjay garg

sanjay garg — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:17:54 +0000

My Alto car went into a quite deep road patch between main and service road at sector 12 market road yesterday. today I saw half meter line of sea green/blue leak coming out from it. With the help of this site I concluded that most probably it could be coolant.
thanking you
sanjay garg

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:50:51 +0000

Transmission fluid smells waxy like crayons. Or if your engine is overheating, it smells like burnt crayons.

By: earlWL

earlWL — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:04:02 +0000

An oily stain under the rear wheel of a rear wheel drive car probably means your rear wheel bearing is going bad. Learned this the hard way.

By: cwnidog

cwnidog — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:57:28 +0000

I’m not at all sure having your car erupt in a ball of fire and being turned into a smoking charred cinder wouldn’t be a mercy compared to having to eat a Subway sandwich.

By: RobertELegal

RobertELegal — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:04:45 +0000

There was a puddle under my car once, but I rubbed his nose in it and it hasn’t been a problem since then.