drove home from work and noticed a burning smell but all indications were fine and car ran sweet so thought it might be one of the other cars on the interstate. unfortunately got home and notice the odor had followed me home.

popped the bonnet and saw a small pool of liquid near the bottom of the engine compartment on the drivers side.


looked underneath and found she has sprung a leak. Now to get her on a lift to thoroughly figure out what needs repaired

 

That is a bummer. I am crossing my fingers that it's an easy fix. If the source isn't obvious, a pressure tester might be a good investment. I was stumped by a leak in a 6.0 liter I used to have. The pressure tester disclosed a pinhole in one of the small hoses. The coolant was hitting one of the hot pipes and evaporating without a trace. Couldn't see it until the engine was cool.

P.S. What I wouldn't give to have access to a lift!

 

Not coolant (although I do have a small leak at the 3way connector under the throttle body). This has an oil consistency - think it may be power steering fluid.

agree on the need for a lift!!

 

You can see it is pink and if oily is probably a split on one of the PS hoses.

 

Agree with Race its pinky red liquid on the last 3 pics, so not from the engine. Most likely power steering problem, easily checked if fluid in tank. Good luck.

 

RaceDiags, Arty - appreciate the input - will check fluid level this afternoon after work.

 

Good luck - hope it's an easy fix for you. Keep us posted....

 

Steve,

This looks like a drop of red P/S fluid about to fall:




I hope it's nothing serious.

Graham

 

my money is on the ps pressure line. had the same problem a few weeks ago. changed out the hose from the pump to the rack.

 

finally got to check the reservoir and it is extremely low. Wasn't able to get underneath to fully check, but approaching 130K with all original hoses, I think it is in my best interest to simply replace them - will order the hoses and take care of this week and hope it is nothing more.

 

after much pains trying to get the new design hose in place - all done, no leaks. There is much rejoicing! Now for a drive!!!!!!!