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Mar 7, 2008 | 06:59 PM

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JonyyB

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WTF, leaking green stuff?

It’s snowing like crazy and pulling in the driveway I noticed a trail of green stuff like antifreeze, but our cars use the red coolant so wtf am I leaking?

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:03 PM

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tranny fluid??

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:03 PM

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Was the snow high enough to reach your exhaust? If so, it's where your exhaust melts the snow. I get 10 calls about people "leaking" coolant or power steering fluid every single snowstorm.

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:05 PM

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Was the snow high enough to reach your exhaust? If so, it's where your exhaust melts the snow. I get 10 calls about people "leaking" coolant or power steering fluid every single snowstorm.

yea, about 10 inches....why is that green?
I hope that's it and my car is not leaking

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:05 PM

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Was the snow high enough to reach your exhaust? If so, it's where your exhaust melts the snow. I get 10 calls about people "leaking" coolant or power steering fluid every single snowstorm.

we dont have power steering...only perdection would be,tranny oil?coolant isnt green,brake fluid isnt green,power steering we dont have

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:06 PM

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you really think trans fluid is green? its not, its redish brown

its probably snot.

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:08 PM

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you really think trans fluid is green? its not, its redish brown

its probably snot.

all i said was maybe...never really looked at it,all i knw is that it smells like crap

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:14 PM

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Have you parked to close to any Mitsubishi Eclipses lately? Maybe the DSM gremlins crawled out of there dashboards and started f*cking up your car.

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:20 PM

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We'll know that's the case if he gets crankwalk next.

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:22 PM

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trent_ky

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the brake fluid in my car is green...? the tranny fluid is like orangish...

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Mar 7, 2008 | 07:29 PM

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06G5GT

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yea, about 10 inches....why is that green?
I hope that's it and my car is not leaking

Can't really tell you why. Some sort of chemical reaction I guess.

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Mar 7, 2008 | 08:47 PM

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Elaborate a little more on the green color light, dark , medium what

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Mar 7, 2008 | 08:49 PM

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well now that you're home, you have cardboard or something under the car i would guess? so you can see if and where it's leaking from?

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Mar 7, 2008 | 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mrniceguy8211

Have you parked to close to any Mitsubishi Eclipses lately? Maybe the DSM gremlins crawled out of there dashboards and started f*cking up your car.

i lol'd

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Mar 7, 2008 | 09:09 PM

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well, if u gots turbo... mebbe joo car sneezed?

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Mar 7, 2008 | 09:30 PM

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does your washer fluid have a green tint? axle grease is green too...

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Mar 8, 2008 | 11:44 AM

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you gots a dead Vulcan in the trunk?

I think that might be it.

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:24 PM

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I had the same thing happen to me with my 2.0 when I was a little stuck in heavy snow. I originally thought it may be Radiator fluid but the rad fluid is reddish. Im curious for more ideas about what this may be

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:28 PM

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Your car's not american

it was built in china so that wtf is wrong

.. I knew GM was cutting costs somewhere

.. sorry I had to pull a comment like that outta my ass

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by discofreak

uhh, are you sure you don't have power steering?

I think he meant, we don't have power steering fluid.

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by discofreak

it might be a sealed system, but i can guarantee you that there will have to be some sort of fluid lubricating the worm gears in the steering rack.

Its not power steering fluid as there is no hydraulic pump.

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:39 PM

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What's in the A/C lines. Isn't that **** green?

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:41 PM

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i have seen this in the snow too. weird.

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:43 PM

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Smarty Art

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The only green stuff I can think of is the axle grease. Busted CV Boot? ^ Its snow touching the underside of a dirty car?

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Mar 8, 2008 | 01:45 PM

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imo, to me it was more yellowish than green

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