Hey guys I've noticed lately a small puddle of some sort of red fluid dripping/leaking from my car. What fluids would be red in color?

I'm thinking power steering fluid... but is there any other type that's red?

 

Depends... tranny fluid is red, dexcool (coolant) is red... Blood is red, did you run someone over? lol jk

 

Transmission fluid can be red also...

 

Transmission and power steering are the two that immediately come to mind.

 

front of the car = power steering
middle of the car = trans
rear of the car = dead body in the trunk

 

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front can also be trans too. could be a cooler line.

 

dex cool is not red. it's orange.

 

did you find the problem, check the fuild levels and you should find i pretty easy if its leaving puddles it will be low

 

well it's not dexcool because I no longer use it and switched to the Prestone yellow/green stuff a while back.

It's a very good chance it's power steering fluid as it has sprung a leak on me 3 times... First time I changed the pump. And the last two times changing a line.

Hope it's not tranny but I'll check just in case...

 

Do you guys think it's a good idea to use some of that "stop leak" stuff in my power steering? Or does that cause more problems...?

 

i pretty much just use that stuff till i can buy a new pump with a res. been doing the job for about 2 years now though lol i just top it off every month or two. i'm seriously just waiting for my pump to blow so i can buy a new one

 

I just replaced my pump with a remanufactured one from Pep Boys. My leak was the shaft seal, didn't want it dripping on my alternator.

I was impressed that it came with new O rings for the high pressure line and the reservoir. It also came with a simple nut/bolt/washer kit to press the pulley back on. I had the puller/installer so I didn't use it, nice touch anyway.

 

I wouldn't use that stuff man, just doesn't sound good. Since you have had problems before with the power steering it could very well be that again. I would just wipe it all down and see if its dripping down in any new spots and go from there. Good luck!