Fluid leaking in driverside footwell
10-07-13, 07:16 AM
#1
Fluid leaking in driverside footwell
I was out driving my ailing car yesterday and I felt some warm fluid hitting my foot by the accelerator. When I got home and I checked it out it felt like brake fluid which I assume is coming from the clutch master or slave cylinder. I checked the fluid level and it was right above the max so I'm not really sure if that's the issue or not.
10-07-13, 08:03 AM
#6
It very well could be coolant, it's quite warm it hits my foot. I'll have to get a good look at it this week to determine if it's coolant or not. It's hard for me to pinpoint where it's coming from with the seat in the car, so I'll have to remove it to get get under the dash.
10-07-13, 08:06 AM
#7
It very well could be coolant, it's quite warm it hits my foot. I'll have to get a good look at it this week to determine if it's coolant or not. It's hard for me to pinpoint where it's coming from with the seat in the car, so I'll have to remove it to get get under the dash.
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10-07-13, 11:01 AM
#12
Looking at the master I thought it would be really obvious since it's all right out there to see, and like I said it looked how it should look. I talked to a buddy of mine that knows cars pretty damn well, not rotaries unfortunately, but he said it sounds like coolant to him. So I'm gonna try to get it to leak again today and get the color.
10-08-13, 11:57 PM
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sounds more like a medical condition..you can fix that easily though..."Depends" on how much fluid is there..lol..cough..
have you checked the coolant level at all to see if the Heater core is leaking?.I'm thinking only that fluid from the car would be "warm"...then again unless it is the speedo seal.
have you checked the coolant level at all to see if the Heater core is leaking?.I'm thinking only that fluid from the car would be "warm"...then again unless it is the speedo seal.
10-09-13, 01:05 PM
#17
If it is your core, and you cannot locate/afford another right away, you can simply bypass the core with a section of coolant hose. You'll obviously be living without heat , though.
10-09-13, 01:10 PM
#18
unless the leak is large enough sometimes checking fluid levels doesn't give a definitive answer. your carpet would be stained to hell before you would know if it was gear oil or coolant, the brakes and clutch a little less so.
the easiest thing to do is to get dirty and throw your back out looking under the dash with a light.
first rule of not wasting time is to try and track down the source first, if that fails then use the less obvious approach.
the easiest thing to do is to get dirty and throw your back out looking under the dash with a light.
first rule of not wasting time is to try and track down the source first, if that fails then use the less obvious approach.
