I have a 2013 Jaguar XK with relatively low miles (76K) and over the past week it 'suddenly' developed multiple leaks. I say suddenly because up until then, there was no sign of any fluids on my garage floor. What concerns me is it is in two different places- first is a small leak up front, appears to be on the left drivers side and is coolant. The other, is mid car (about halfway from the front of the door) and looks like it may be transmission fluid. Has anyone else 'suddenly' had multiple leaks develop? I'm hoping it's just age and hose rot or something minor and not a catastrophic issue. One leak and I'd be like, "Okay, it's just an age and normal thing for a car 11 years old", but two leaks in different places concerns me.

 

the inner connectives of all things...

 

Not sure what you mean??

 

Guy is being philosophical. 😉

Richard

 

The most important is the coolant leak, Look for it. Pressure test the system. Then deal with the tranny.

 

Any wild temperature swings in your area, as we are on the edge of the winter/spring boundary?
Seals may be hard from low temps, and if presented with fluids, may leak. Had the issue a few years ago when I needed to briefly move the car during winter. Oil circulated, and after shutting off the car, the cold seal on a valve cover leaked some oil. The oil appeared halfway down the car, as it dripped off the rear of the transmission cover.

 

Note that fluids will flow to the lowest point and then drop off and fall to ground. The leak probably isn't coming from directly above the puddle on the floor.

 

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The black plastic undertray is likely to divert any fluid leakage away from directly below the actual source. It needs to be removed to see anything useful.

Loss of transmission fluid will eventually lead to loss of drive; loss of coolant can very quickly lead to overheating and serious engine damage. Leave the philosophy to guy and break out the wrenches.

Graham

 

If your under tray is still installed, it can soak up a whole lot of everything.

 

As my car has now over 210,000 miles on it, several months ago I started seeing leaks for the first time in a very long time. I had a coolant leak, an oil leak, and various other driblets. The coolant leak was a pinhole leak in a small hose, the oily leak was the rear seal, and my transmission had a slight leak as well though not enough to affect the transmission shifting at all. After 210,000 miles it still shifted perfectly. But since we had to drop the transmission to do some of the other work, my mechanic asked me if I wanted to rebuild the box or just reinstall and wait for it to get bad. I figured that I had never owned an automatic tranny that had gone 200,000 miles (let along 100,000 miles) without any work done outside of changing fluid 3 times, so I elected to have the transmission rebuilt while it was down. I look forward to getting to 300,000 miles if I live long enough and keep driving until then. My leaks were definitely age related, so even though I spent a considerable amount of money at that time, it has up to that point been the most reliable, pleasurable car I've ever owned in 56 years of driving and dozens of cars.
Trace down your leaks and know that your car will give you hundreds of thousands of more miles of service.

 

Thanks everyone, and yes some crazy temps here... one day 68, next 28. I'm hoping it's just old hoses. When I drove to the store and back the other day everything worked fine, and the puddle in both areas isn't huge (that undertray though could be holding more like you said).

 

Are you sure that these are different fluids? Coolant coming directly off the engine to the ground is pretty easy to discern. However, if the same fluid leaks in the manifold valley, it may pick up dirt. residual seepage of other fluids (rear main seal), and/or other debris that makes it look different coming out the back of the engine/under tray area (amid ship). I would zero in on the coolant system immediately. Remove the undertray, clean up the floor, pressure test the coolant system and see if the pressure test gives you a smoking gun, or at least recreates the leakage pattern you are seeing.

 

Agreed... fluids flow in funny ways and can be deceiving. the coolant leak is minor (for now- ANY leak needs taken care of). The other fluid was also somewhat minor. It was just in a totally different area. Doesn't seem to be leaking more, or constant. I just want to address it and take care of them. The car has gone through a bit of 'history' since I owned it- LONG story that involves an EX GF taking the car while I was sleeping... lol... well not exactly funny. The sudden leaks just concerned me is all.