Thanks to all those who responded to my last post about cooling, I replaced an upside-down, aftermarket thermostat with a OEM Subaru rightside up and it stopped overheating, imagine that! Anyway, now I go to look under my car, and I find some reddish oil around the bottom of the front of the car. It drips, not a whole lot, but enough to make me notice. I imagine it's either transmission fluid or power steering fluid, but why would it be under the front, right under the headlight area? I checked the levels, and they seem fine, should I be worried, or just keep the fluid levels up? The car is running fine, by the way.

 

Thanks

Check the automatic transmission cooling lines where they attach to the radiator. It might just be a loose hose clamp. If it line is bad, it is easy to change.

 

 

 

Thanks to all those who responded to my last post about cooling, I replaced an upside-down, aftermarket thermostat with a OEM Subaru rightside up and it stopped overheating, imagine that! Anyway, now I go to look under my car, and I find some reddish oil around the bottom of the front of the car. It drips, not a whole lot, but enough to make me notice. I imagine it's either transmission fluid or power steering fluid, but why would it be under the front, right under the headlight area? I checked the levels, and they seem fine, should I be worried, or just keep the fluid levels up? The car is running fine, by the way.

 

Thanks

Thanks, will do that first thing tomorrow morning, and will post update.

Well once again the USMB has done it. Checked the tube coming out of the radiator, and sure enough, it was leaking. Took my sister in law to get her exhaust system worked on here in town, and the guy there looked at the leak, cut the hose at the leak, and reattached, no leak, no charge. Mike in Alexandria, my hats off to you.

The power steering system uses ATF so don't rule that out.

 

 

Good luck

I found the leak this morning, a hole in one of the hoses, and a mechanic cut it out and reattached, so all is well, no more leak.