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[Monza]

Over the last few days when I park up, I come out to find a watery like red stain on the road, its dripping down from the front drivers side, off the front valance on my MV6, looks like power steering fluid, but the levels are fine. I can see most of it under the air box by the air con pipes and a bit splatered on the side of the airbox :-?. Any ideas?

[rustym95]

Have you been driving in Autralia?/  could be a leek in the cooler.

[Monza]

oil cooler?

[rustym95]

oil cooler?

yeah the pipes go round there, might be that your pipe is rusting, try running the engine hard and see if any thing is coming out any were, cos it naybe it did it ages ago.

[Monza]

What do you mean, did it ages ago?

[rustym95]

pipes rust they can take there time to bust little pin prick in the metal, not like water ones they go thay go. should be able to see it or feel it.

[Welung666]

Is the puddle oily or watery?

[Elite Pete]

If your MV6 is an auto, it could be gearbox oil. There are pipes from the gearbox to the gearbox oil cooler which is located in the driverside of the radiator. I would check the banjo bolts which locate the pipes into the radiator

[VXL V6]

Power steering pipes run infront of the radiator (to cool the fluid), if they leak it would drip onto the lower section of the bumper where it goes under the car.

Also, if you are using Vx coolant it is generally a red / orange colour.

[Welung666]

Power steering pipes run infront of the radiator (to cool the fluid), if they leak it would drip onto the lower section of the bumper where it goes under the car.

Also, if you are using Vx coolant it is generally a red / orange colour.

Hence my question

[Monza]

Just had a look, it seems the pipe comeing down from the radiator and heading under the air box is corroded at the pioint where it goes into rubber section, its then collecting under what I think are A/C hoses that sit in a gully sectionunder the air box. Still dont know if coolant or power steeting or.... using Vx fluids by the way. Its more oily than water, its stains the road, but is red when you wipe it up with a white cloth? Need to do 300 miles tomorrow (mainly M25 traffic), just trying to work out if I can

[Elite Pete]

My money is still on gearbox oil

[tunnie]

Just had a look, it seems the pipe comeing down from the radiator and heading under the air box is corroded at the pioint where it goes into rubber section, its then collecting under what I think are A/C hoses that sit in a gully sectionunder the air box. Still dont know if coolant or power steeting or.... using Vx fluids by the way. Its more oily than water, its stains the road, but is red when you wipe it up with a white cloth? Need to do 300 miles tomorrow (mainly M25 traffic), just trying to work out if I can

Sounds like ATF, drivers side is where the cooler sits. Either the pipes that run too and from the box have corroded (most likely) or the rad's oil cooler has failed.

I'd check the ATF level in the gear box

[VXL V6]

Taste the fluid!

[Monza]

No taste really!