leaking fluid help!

[96eclipsegsx56]

ok when i got home today i shut my car off and looked underneath it like i always do...just to make sure everything is in order...and what looked like from behind my tranny something poured out...then slowly dripped...i tried to reach my hand back there but couldnt reach...i got a board and reached it...it has a clearish look...doesnt smell like anything...what can this be???

 

[2GCruiser]

Clutch fluid?

 

[Anubis_4_99]

Well there are only a few fluids it can be.

You have oil, transmission, coolant, and brake/clutch fluids. Past that you start getting into things like battery acid and what not.

Start keeping an eye on the levels of all of them, one will start to get low then you can identify which system its coming from and track your issue down from there.

You could also try to find the source of the leak seeing as you have a general area to start with.

Unless your running just water in your coolant system, most every fluid i can think of has a smell that is fairly distinguishable.

 

[JuGs]

Clutch fluid?

that has a smell




was it oil like or more watery?

 

[96eclipsegsx56]

i dont think...plenty of clutch fluid in resevoir...

it was more watery...thats all it looks like in my radiator is rusty water??

my overflow bottle has been going down...and the guy i bought the car from had water in a coolant container in the rear hatch...im guessing this is what the problem is...how can i fix it?

 

[Anubis_4_99]

i dont think...plenty of clutch fluid in resevoir...

it was more watery...thats all it looks like in my radiator is rusty water??

How long have you had the car? "rusty water" is horrible on a coolant system. I had one radiator literally explode from being so sludged up from the previous owner not maintaining the cooling system.

You need to get your cooling system cleaned and filled properly.

As a side note, if i can't identify a fluid, i taste it. Sounds nasty as hell i know, but solves the mystery . Just barely a drop on my tongue is all.

my overflow bottle has been going down...and the guy i bought the car from had water in a coolant container in the rear hatch...im guessing this is what the problem is...how can i fix it?

Sounds like you probably have a leaking heater hose from everything you've said so far. I would replace them and get your coolant system upto par.

 

[pauleyman]

ARe you sure this isn't just air conditioner condensate?

 

[96eclipsegsx56]

i have had the car for a little over a month...how do i go about cleaning the coolant system? and should it be filled with 50/50? which hose exactly is the heater hose? this is my second dsm but never had this problem and only owned last one for a month...never got too too familiar with them...it shouldnt be the a/c becuz i don't have it