pjwing

My 2011 is losing a bunch of water from an open hose above the front of the front drive shaft. I was thinking it was just ac condensation, but there is so much. Probably 8oz every time I park. Any insight?

Mark Doiron

Any chance you could post a picture of this "open hose". If you mean a hose that isn't connected to anything, I can't think of one that should be up there.

There is a hose to connects to the front axle itself--for an air breather so that a hot axle entering cold water doesn't suck in cold water past the axle seals. But the open side of it is way up on the firewall, and it's not really supposed to be open. There's a small filter that attaches to it. And the only reason water would come from it is if somehow you did get it into the differential.

Then there's the coolant mixture. But no "open hose" associated with that. However, a leaking water pump could drip coolant down the front of the engine onto the ground. An overheated engine or overfilled coolant reservoir could overflow and end up on the ground. But, unless they've changed things a bit since my 2007 (entirely possible), there isn't a hose with that. They just have a short drain on the reservoir that spills the fluid all over the engine compartment.

There's the windshield washer reservoir. Several hoses with that, but not that I would call "open". However, you could have a leak associated with that spilling fluid down on the ground in front of the axle.

There are other fluids as well in that area. Brake/clutch (for manual transmissions only), engine oil, automatic transmission and power steering come to mind. But they are pretty obviously not water., though brake (shared with the clutch) and power steering are clear. Sometimes engine oil is clear, too.

BTW: The AC drains around the transmission, so any water (water, not oily fluids) in that area is usually safe to ignore.

Jake7978

AC condensation

jeepmojo

extend it away from your slave cylinder if you drive a standard shift otherwise it dumps water on it and will allow water to seep into it and wash the grease off the plunger that goes to the fork . just a simple 1/2 " hose routing about 6 " away is good

eng23ine

When its really hot and humid outside your AC system makes a surprising amount of condensation.

warpeg

If it is truly and only water, then it has to be either AC condensation or the result of something external (rain, puddle, etc.). Water is not an operational fluid for a vehicle.