What fluid am I leaking?????????

[////MPower]

Hello everyone!

My wife's Disco II is leaking a mystery fluid on the ground!!!!!!
I noticed a small yellowy-green puddle in the snow on the driver side rear of the truck. It is about as far in as the exhaust system, in line with the left rear tire.
Although there is not a lot of fluid, I am stumped! It doesn't look like or smell like gas, coolant or brake fluid.

Everything is running great on the truck, including the suspension, which I understand is run off pneumatic air bags.

Any suggestions????????

Ken

[Funrover]

Is it snowing there? Maybe picked up something on the road?

[me.guevara]

Could it be a wildlife "leak" - canines like to mark their territory. I lived in Wisconsin several years and learned that you shouldn't eat the yellow snow...

I'm not trying to be funny, just thinking "out of the box" - I would hate to see you spend time or, worse, money chasing down something like that.

Could it be winshield washer fluid from the rear resevoir (does the DII have something like that?)

Good luck!

[Roverhound]

Sounds like you have a Mountain Dew leak. Better have this checked out fast!

[OkieRover]

Did you taste it? When I was in the Marines we had to be able to identify all the fluids by taste that might leak out of our trucks. The first guy the said, "your kidding right?" had to be ordered to taste the fluids.

Frank Zappa has some words of wisdom for you

Dreamed I was an eskimo
Frozen wind began to blow
Under my boots and around my toes
The frost that bit the ground below
It was a hundred degrees below zero...

And my mama cried
And my mama cried
Nanook, a-no-no
Nanook, a-no-no
Don’t be a naughty eskimo
Save your money, don’t go to the show

Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh
Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh
Well I turned around and I said ho, ho
And the northern lights commenced to glow
And she said, with a tear in her eye
Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow
Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow


In short, which this post wasn't....
That probably isn't anything from your Rover.

[////MPower]

Nah there is a leak that is coming from above the exhaust system.

It ain't no dog piss, cause that be yeller, and it shouldn't be green tainted, comin' from a furried fella!

Yes, there is snow here, hence the sight, scoop, and scent (no taste) of the offending substance.

////M, not Mmmmmmmmmm.............

[Funrover]

What kind of shocks are you running? Could be the fluid fromthat..I doubt it but you never know!!! All I have left is gas and you said that wasn't it!!!

[son of lucas]

A.C.E leak..possibly?

[Funrover]

I Got It!!!!!! Blinker Fluid!!!! Lol :d

[FelixLockhart]

LOL, you took mine, Funrover

It could be brake fluid, some mixtures are oddly coloured.

[Disco Mike]

Sounds like it is time to crawl under the truck. Guessing on what animal pissed under your wife's truck won't win you any points when something fails.
Good luck,
Mike .

[Hailsharky]

Originally Posted by ////MPower

Nah there is a leak that is coming from above the exhaust system.

It ain't no dog piss, cause that be yeller, and it shouldn't be green tainted, comin' from a furried fella!

Yes, there is snow here, hence the sight, scoop, and scent (no taste) of the offending substance.

////M, not Mmmmmmmmmm.............

When my dogs drink too much "Super Socko" theyre piss is more green then yellow.

[////MPower]

Originally Posted by Hailsharky

When my dogs drink too much "Super Socko" theyre piss is more green then yellow.

I am still looking for the dog with the 24 inch dingle dong that looped it through the wheel, past the brakes, all the way to the exhaust pipe area.

I think he must also radioactive to take a nuclear green (like the old green coolant) in the snow. Maybe he glows in the dark?

How his package never froze to that frost covered metal, I will never know.

////M

[TerryS]

The origin of the leak may not be driectly above the point on the ground where you're seeing the evidense.

I had a small leak at the back of my intake manifold, and it ran dod the bellhousing, onto the top of the right side frame rail, and eventually dropped of the truck about midway back the rear door, easily a good 4 to 4 1/2 feet back.

It sure sounds like antifreeze from your color description. Cooling system leaks do show up more frequently when the temperature drops, clamps become looser as inner pipes contract, as do the hoses.

[////MPower]

Well looks like I am crawling under the truck.... wish me luck and I promise to not eat the snow, whatever colour!!!!!!

////M