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Old 12-11-2015, 05:45 PM
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Anyone have a clue to what this leak might be? Coming from front of jeep. Light pinkish. Oily substance but def not engine oil.
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Anyone have a clue to what this leak might be? Coming from front of jeep. Light pinkish. Oily substance but def not engine oil.
where abouts on the front? looks like power steering fluid or transmission fluid, probably the later if it's from under the radiator.
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where abouts on the front? looks like power steering fluid or transmission fluid, probably the later if it's from under the radiator.
Looks like it's coming from here. But not sure if that's where it's landing or leaking from. i
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Seems wet all around here.
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looks like coolant to me. check around your water pump. thats where mine was leaking. it just needed a new gasket
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Finally took it in. It's the Head Gasket!!! Not what I wanted to hear!!!!
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Just had it fixed yesterday. $600. I wish I'd have payed attention in the garage when I was younger....lol.
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