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Old 03-09-2005, 12:53 PM
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Default Ok, WTF? Green fluid on the ground under my car??

I noticed this earlier this winter, when I drove through some deep snow and saw a few dots of flourescent green in the snow. I got under the car, but couldn't find any leaks anywhere, and didn't notice it again, so I forgot about it. Now I'm on a trip, and I noticed it again the other day when I drove through some deep snow, and now under where I parked last night. Nothing is obviously dripping, other than stuff melting under the car, and it's not a puddle, it's a few drips here and there, almost exactly on center of the car, a couple up near the engine, a few farther back. What fluid do we have that is flourescent green? It's not PS fluid (brown, dripped a few drops on the snow to compare), brake fluid, coolant, washer fluid, oil. WTF is it!!??
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Sounds like coolant to me
Old 03-09-2005, 01:08 PM
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The coolant in my car is pink.
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g12 is red
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Power steering fluid
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Your car is possessed....call a priest
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Default Nope, as I said in the post, PS fluid is brown, I even dripped a few drops on the snow next to the..

other stuff, not even close to the same color. Fluid level has remained constant as well.
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Default Power steering fluid is green.

Your fluid is contaminated if it's brown.
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Default Ok, that might be another problem, but we also might be talking different shades of green here. One

is flourescent, the other isn't. How bright would you say PS fluid is?
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Default Fresh power steeing fluid drops is pale green in color

it is unlikely then that's leaking because it really isn't fluorescent. The only green fluorescent fluid I can think of is regular Prestone anitfreeze. You do have pink G12 in your car right?


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