k Wang

After parked my 545 in the garage this afternoon, I found there's fluid leaking under the engine cover. It does not feel like oil and I am wondering what it might be?

Checked from under the hood but nothing seems went wrong. The leaking fluid can be saw from the driver side wheel wall. If anyone can share their thoughts or experience on this will be appreciated.

Shlooky

Um..that third picture looks like....blood!

rctmthouse

Possible transmission fluid leak from either the sleeve or the pan itself but since you can see it on the driver side then it must not be it because I have the tran pan leak and I can't see anything unless I jack it up. I think you will need to remove the cover to determine where it's coming from first. Best to bring it to an Indy to make sure.

turboawd

there are no red fluids in our cars.

could it be your washer fluid?

a dead animal under the hood??

jasperxli

washer fluid isnt redish LOL onlt thing i can think of is power steering fluid

jasperxli

washer fluid isnt redish LOL onlt thing i can think of is power steering fluid

turboawd

Unless he was using the red rv washer fluid stuff.
And the power steering fluid on our cars is green, unless someone put in trans fluid.

jasperxli

lol anything is possible, best thing op can do is locate the actual source of the leak

k Wang

I made an appointment with a local guy tomorrow morning.

I will keep you guys posting. Thank you!

d4rkchocolate

just like turboawd, our fluid is Green (CHF11S) Central Hydraulic Fluid.... in other cars they may use ATF (automatic transmision fluid) which is red...

in our 545's the CHF fluid is used for the Power steering , AC and the Active Dynamic Drive...... maybe a pipe might of burst or is leaking fluids over the pan. They say a common fault is the active Dynamic Drive leaks too, so who knows, let us know the outcome..