"Slant6" (slant-6)
10/15/2014 at 16:33 • Filed to: None
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"Slant6" (slant-6)
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black fluid under car. Not oil. Has a sweetish taste. First guess is manual transmission fluid.
area man
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:35 |
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blinker fluid?
jkm7680
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:37 |
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Something that you probably shouldn't drink.
Which car, the vert or the wagon?
HammerheadFistpunch
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:38 |
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gear oil tastes like broccoli, you should check again...
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:38 |
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Sweetish taste usually implies a glycol of some kind. Brake fluid and antifreeze are the big ones, but I think some PS setups use a glycol as well. Most transmission fluids are (broadly) still oils, not a polar substance like a glycol.
thebigbossyboss
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:39 |
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My guess is power steering fluid.
Party-vi
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:40 |
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Gear oil smells terrible. I'd guess some brake fluid or nasty-ass coolant.
505Turbeaux
> HammerheadFistpunch
10/15/2014 at 16:42 |
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hahaha yeah right. God is that one of the worst smells in all of the world.
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/15/2014 at 16:43 |
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brake fluid he would have known it. DOT3/4 you cannot even taste it is so bitter and tongue wrenching
JGrabowMSt
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:43 |
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trans fluid should be pinkish or dark brown.
Coolant is typically green or orange.
Brake fluid would be dark.
Take a lot of newspaper, and shove it under the car. It'll help you determine location and fluid. Pick a few pages of more text and less ads. I've used pizza boxes before if they aren't too greasy.
Alex from Toronto
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:43 |
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Blinker fluid leak?
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505Turbeaux
> Party-vi
10/15/2014 at 16:45 |
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not brake fluid, he wouldn't even be able to taste it it is so bitter. Prob nasty ass coolant, that is all I can think of that tastes sweet
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
10/15/2014 at 16:48 |
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Drying is the term I typically use, but it's definitely bitter. Does it get less bitter if it's been decaying and absorbing water for years? Somewhat, but that would have to be some legendarily dead/bad fluid for him not to notice, probably. Leaning PS on this, but it's gonna be hard to pin down. Black+sweet = I think he has a bad molasses line.
V8 Rustler
> Party-vi
10/15/2014 at 16:48 |
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Used differential oil smells like shit.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:49 |
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first tip
stop ingesting random fluids that are on the ground under your car
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:49 |
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Want to hear something you don't, um, want to hear? It could be coolant mixed with oil...i.e. blown HG.
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Party-vi
> V8 Rustler
10/15/2014 at 16:50 |
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Yep. Nasty gross gear oil.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> 505Turbeaux
10/15/2014 at 16:50 |
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its true, even compared to gear oil its bad.
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/15/2014 at 16:51 |
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shoot I want a bad molasses line. Haha yeah possibly PS, especially if mineral based. Doesn't mention what kind of car but Mercedes SLS systems use some seriously inert tasting mineral oil as the fluid.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
10/15/2014 at 16:52 |
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My W124 uses a PS fluid more or less indistinguishable from ATF, so that's what it's been topped up with.
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> Slant6
10/15/2014 at 16:53 |
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Better taste it again, just to be sure.
#igivebadcaradvice
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/15/2014 at 16:56 |
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the w123 was clear as anything. Did they really change it?
Ah wait you must mean the P/S and not the Self Leveling Suspension. Yeah the p/s is close to ATF for sure
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 505Turbeaux
10/15/2014 at 16:58 |
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I seem to recall Citroens use an ester or glycol in their hydropneumatics. I suspect that's not what he has, though. Call it a hunch.
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505Turbeaux
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/15/2014 at 17:02 |
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lol I am sure that is not what is at play. The early cars used glorified brake fluid that was slightly thicker, but just as water absorbent. then they switched to mineral based that was dyed green, because Citroen, around the time the spheres were painted green as well. Early systems required a flush very often
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Slant6
> jkm7680
10/15/2014 at 17:14 |
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Vert. Was moving the car so a potential buyer could look at it. I just want to hurry up and sell this thing so I can get my neighbors tacoma.
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
10/15/2014 at 17:36 |
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Great, what the hell else am I supposed to do on my Friday nights?
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> vdub_nut: scooter snob
10/16/2014 at 09:20 |
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drink whiskey instead, it's actually healthier LOL