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« on: April 03, 2005, 03:53:24 pm »
Just noticed that my car is leaking a florescent yellow fluid, it seems to be near the back end of the vehicle....any ideas???

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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2005, 04:29:40 pm »
Hi Billins,  
Hows about a few details, such as what type of car, how long the fluid has been leaking, where exactly does it appear to be coming from?
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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2005, 05:52:51 pm »
It is a '98 Acura 1.6 EL.  I've only noticed that it was leaking as we just had a huge snowfall down in Niagara and when I moved the car to shovel, there was a florescent yellow spot in the snow, it was towards the rear of the car.  I was thinking coolant but isn't this a bit far back?  I just had it in for an oil change and inspection 2 days ago.

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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2005, 05:54:49 pm »
You sure it wasn't just from a dog?

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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2005, 06:02:17 pm »
It was florescent BB....what do you feed your dog to make it's pee glow in the dark?  That'd be a great party trick.  :-)

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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2005, 07:12:36 pm »
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2005, 08:23:24 pm »
What colour is the anti freeze in this car to start with? I would be checking along the Rad cradle to see if anything is leaking. There's no tinkel coloured liqiuds at the rear of any car unless you have a rear wiper washer with unusual fluid in it.

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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2005, 09:21:15 pm »
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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2005, 09:37:23 am »
I don't think it's any cause for concern unless you see this fluid leaking on a regular basis. There were a couple of times this winter when my car had been parked in very deep snow that I came out, moved it a short distance, and noticed that the car had deposited the same fluorescent yellow liquid underneath where the engine had been. This first time this happened was in our parking lot at work, and I was only concerned until other people also started pulling out of their parking spots and under at least half of them, all different makes and models, was the same small yellow patch. Something about driving through or parking in snow deep enough to put upward pressure on the underside of the engine bay apparently causes some cars to leak a small amount of what I assume is coolant. Based on my experience with this I would say that it probably was really coming from the front of your car, not the back.