When I went to pick up my SKY to go to NOPI... I saw a puddle underneath.
I am hoping it is not from my car... I actually don't think it is... are there any red fluids in the rear of the car??? Tranny stuff or brake fluids from the brake lines???
If there is some fluid under your car, at first put some of the fluid between your fingertips: it's easy to to differ between an oil or a water fluid.
Water: cooling fluid or washing fluid for the windshield or condensed water from the A/C
Put a little bit on the tip of your tongue:
- the taste is sweet >>> cooling water
- it tastes of soap >> washing fluid
- no taste at all > condensed water from the A/C
Oil: engine oil, automatic transmission fluid (ATF) out of power steering or autotrans; gear oil from the manual tranny, hypoid oil from the diff which has a very charactristic smell (some of you know from their leaking diffs)
- engine oil normally more or less dark and smells a little burned.
- ATF normally red and very thin
- hypoid oil mostly dark and thicker then engine oil with a strong smell
A fluid
not oil or water could be brake fluid (its an alcohol fluid).
Check engine compartment for level of
- engine oil
- cooling water
- washing fluid
- brake fluid
- ATF for power steering
It takes only two minutes and a piece of cloth and all is checked.
You can't check M/T, A/T, and diff on the street but if the gear boxes arn't totally broken there should always be enough rest of oil in them to have a short drive to the dealer or a repair shop.
Could be helpful for the "non technicians" to read the drivers manual and check if you find all the control points mentioned above :thumbs: