I opened my hood to check my oil and noticed this pink fluid like dried up but it looked like it sprayed sort of....well JUST LOOK, i have no idea what it is.
its on top of the radiator and on the valve cover. yesterday it was pink, i just took pictures and the green stuff on top of the radiator was wet, the dried pink stuff is now orange. its sprayed around the windsheild wash fluid container too.






i know its kind of hard to see
if anyone knows what this could be..id appreciate it
im going to buy a new radiator cap just for the hell of it...

 

Interesting, check all your fluid levels.

 

that green stuff is definitely coolant, so you might want to get it off of there


in the first pic the pink stuff almost looks like tranny fluid

 

i thought it was tranny to, waht do you mean "Get it off"

 

tranny fluid was low...

 

the other day i bottomed out while going out of a parking lot, i hope thats not the reason for this...

 

im pretty sure its tranny fluid.......... (the pink that is)

 

so what does this mean?
do i have to replace my whole transmission?
what would cause this?

 

green is coolant, but the red you got me maybe oil new oil?

 

its possible you may have to but its kinda hard to tell just from the pics - id have a mechanic look at it for sure. tranny is expensive - 1200 for my auto accord

 

man im prayyyyyying that i dont need to get a new tranny. i feel like i broke it...

 

i think who ever touched ur tranny needle mus of left a bit loose,and u must of gave the tranny some hell of mph and it got spilled.or some idiot didnt measure fluid right way.the only possible way ur tranny will messed up shifting it liek a v-tec.i would do tranny flush. and see how it does from there.

 

thats weird, tranny fluid squirting out, think the seals are gone?

 

waht is "some hell of mph"
and what is "shifting it like a v-tec"

 

Haha... some people pray that they dont die or lose a limb. I see what maxima owners pray for.

How does your transmission shift? If it shifts fine I wouldnt worry about breaking your transmission. Just dont do anything crazy like neutral drops.

The pink stuff is either tranny fluid or its Dexcool; Long life Antifreeze that is usually brown but it might be pink in some brands.

If you havent done an auto trans fluid change I srongly suggest you do it now. What happens is that fluid gets old and loses its ability to handle heat. Then the fluid actually boils and comes up the dipstick tube.

Change your fluid. Add a bottle of Lubeguard too. Its a great product. I think they sell it in Autozone as AAMCO transmission additive. Same stuff.

Some of you might not agree with me suggesting Lubeguard. My friend works in a tranny shop and that stuff goes into every rebuilt transmission they do. People have come back much much less after they started using it. I think the only reason my transmission is still together is because of this stuff because of the crazy things I do like drive from Atlanta to Savannah GA doing 100

 

Sorry I forgot to add something.

You might want to check your radiator too. In fact I think your radiator is broken now that I think about it. The hoses might also be loose and/or brittle.

You have transmission fluid lines that go into the radiator as well. Since you have a coolant and possible ATF leak I'd go ahead and check the radiator hoses and the ATF hoses that go to the radiator.

Once this stuff leaks on to the fan or leaks as you drive, the air flow will make it spew all over the place.

 

well because coolant is corrosive, big dawg

 

yeah i admitt, i havent really been gentle with the transmission. so change the transmission fluid and then just pour the lubeguard into it?
also waht is "shifting like a v-tec"

 

Man Chris, maybe it was from when you peeled out in front of those kids. HAHA

Just kidding...

 

Yo ATL. Good thought but coolant is not corrosive. In fact it is anti-corrosive.

Or else our engines would rust and rot from the inside out

 

Yo where-ever the hell you're from.....put some on a painted surface and then tell me its not corrosive

edit: now know you're a fellow GA max

 

i think your CORREct

 

and thank you all
i think im going to bring it to my mechanic i hope its a hose and i dont have to replace tranny or radiator

 

you may need a new radiator, pretty bad leak, i remember my radiator leak, as it sprayed onto the engine, it turns pinkish after a while...so that may not be tranny fluid.

 

How could the tranny leak upward against gravity? where could it spray out of that wouldnt hit all the intake and lines etc underneath and make it to the top of the block


That is fun. I dont really do a 100 but pretty much never drop below 80mph .

 

The fluid actually boils inside the transmission and then shoots up the dipstick tube like a volcano due to the pressure. I dont think thats what is going on with this guy because the crap is sprayed all over the motor and not the back firewall.

I-16 is so boring that you cant help but drive at obscene speeds. valentine one makes it less risky but the cops in Dublin are crazy so I usually slow down there.

Where in Savannah are you? I just moved here from NYC for grad school. You can email me at PARedline@aol.com. I'm sure you've seen my car. Its the only I30 I see around here

 

I forgot he an auto and has a dipstick for his tranny.


I know I-16 is very long and boaring its the longest straight away I've ever driven on, I play keep up with other cars while driving, Me and this Volvo were running about 100 for a little while

I'm in Downtown historical Savannah, I've seen a bunch of I-30s around but I dont think I've seen any modded ones.


What school did you go to?

 

smartest comment i've seen in this post, one of my rubber tranny hose's somehow got jammed against my front exhaust pipe and it burned right through it and as i was pulling into work the tranny just kept slippin and tranny fluid was spraying all over motor and smoking. fortunately i work at a shop, had new hose delivered, filled tranny back up, wire tied hose away from pipe and its been mint since

 

i found the problem
there is like a couple pin holes, right between whre that rectangular plastic meets the rounded plastic (picture 2) and i pushed the radiator foward and it started streaming out. i bought some plastic sealing stuff but im mostlikely going to replace it
as for the pink fluid...I DONNO?

 

so your saying the radiator is leaking? then yu better replace it, as the plastic stuff wont hold more than 10 minutes, literally.

 

i plan on getting a new one, but temporarily im sealing it with this plastic crap

 

you could possibly get by with the old remedy of adding pepper into the rad or even the copper crystals until you get the new rad.

 

My friend,

You are leaking coolant AND Auto Trans Fluid apparently from your radiator. These are supposed to be separate circuits within the radiator. Because they are both leaking should tell you there is a problem in both circuits.

If these fluids were to mix somehow inside your radiator and you got Coolant going to your transmission, you can kiss your transmission goodbye.

Do not drive your car until you fix your radiator.

Unless you have $1500-2500 you want to spend. Plus about $150 for a radiator.

Depending on how bad the leak is, if air gets in there and you overheat, you might ruin your head gasket as well.

its not worth it. A radiator is a 2 hour job. Just do it.

 

well i dont know where the damn tranny fluid is leaking from
we're going to call the mechanic tomorrow morning and get this **** fixed
YOUR MAKING ME CRY CUZ I FEEL LIKE I DID SOMETHIGN WRONG
jp, it will be fixed thank you pared

 

how do i know it hasnt already leaked into my transmission..?

 

Power steering fluid is also red. Check that too.

 

check your tranny fluid, make sure it doesn't have a coolant smell

chances are it hasn't mixed or your tranny would be flipping its $hit

 

I don't even think he understands his own jibberish

 

yup what he said . btw nice wheels.

-rafal

 

i guess you use just plain water in your engine then.