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WW88
 


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Developed a leak.. oily substance with green dye..

Hi guys,

Car has developed a leak, Near side front, there is a oily substance with what appears to be green dye in it, can’t see where it’s coming from.

Does any one have an idea of what the fluid may be? My first thoughts are steering fluid.

Does anyone have any ideas of where and what to look at?

Thank you.  
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Suspect it could be refrigerant out of the Air Con.

Or Predator and Arnie are near by.  
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WW88
 


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I did wonder this as the air con hasn’t been it’s best and it may have failed completely.

It’s a slightly thick oily substance though, would this fit the bill with air con? Didn’t even know there was fluid in there..  
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Washwipe wrote:
Suspect it could be refrigerant out of the Air Con.

Or Predator and Arnie are near by.


Laughing are your PAS fluids low. “MAC” Metal auto sump & fluid change (3 hrs)
LR door puddle projectors (10 mins)
Tinted Bonnet wind deflector (10 mins)
All Intercooler pipes and Tbolts (2hrs)
3 injectors replaced so far (30mins)
Sunroof drain pipes both sides 2.5 hrs)
Rear discs, shoes,pads,callipers,flexi hoses, rigid brake line, n/s upper hub carrier bush and rear n/s upper arm (13hrs over 2 days)  
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Pete K
 


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steering  
Post #204955229th Apr 2019 6:02 pm
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WW88
 


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Mechanic friend has just had a look and said air con fluid, I had no idea they had fluid in them, shows what I know.

Does anyone know roughly how much they hold?  
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Pete K wrote:
steering


Would steering have the green dye in?  
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It literally looks like browns fluid with bright green paint in it, it comes from further above the steering rack..  
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WW88 wrote:
Pete K wrote:
steering


Would steering have the green dye in?


At least the PSF I’ve got in the D3 is dark green, so yes.

http://www.pentosin.net/specsheets/Pentosin_CHF_11S.pdf  
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Ahh ok, will have to get him to look again before we think about repairing it.

I’ll try and get a pic, it looks like very bright green paint.  
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steering fluid in green brown.


With air con there isn't usually enough to reach the ground  
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WW88 wrote:
Ahh ok, will have to get him to look again before we think about repairing it.

I’ll try and get a pic, it looks like very bright green paint.


Silly question but.... what color is your coolant fluid in the expansion bottle?  
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Hope these work..

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Hopefully these work, does this shed any light!

Coolant is bright red..  
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Dazz360 wrote:
Washwipe wrote:
Suspect it could be refrigerant out of the Air Con.

Or Predator and Arnie are near by.


Laughing are your PAS fluids low. “MAC”


Don’t know Dutch, needs further investigation.  
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Does anyone think otherwise after seeing pics?  
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