Kam B

I have a small minor leak from the left hand side of the bay some where.

Had a better look today when I was copper greasing my front pads

Leak is coming from a metal pipe on the drivers side but it's bright green and the water tank has pink coolent

What would that liquid be? Is this leak a common problem?

James B

I thought bright green was the air con system

GVK.

Yep, AC- it's dye in the R134 refrigerant.

Kam B

How odd I thought it was the coolent!

How do I go about fixing it?

GVK.

Depends if it's a crack in the pipe itself or just a seal on a joint.

Just a thought, some times coolant looks different colours, so just make sure it is/isn't ac leak or coolant.

Kam B

Cheers mate

lowman

the green stuff is tracking dye that is added when the AC is refilled...so that you can spot where there is a possible leak in the AC system.
you are supposed to use an UV light and glasses to spot the leak..as it is ultraviolet color...so ..if you can actually see that much liqiud...its a big leak.

does your AC work at all?its should not work if its a leak that big...even if the AC is missing a couple of hundred grams of AC refrigerant...the system will not work.

Kam B

It's not a big leak maybe a drop will come out once every two days

lowman

sounds like its powersteering fluid you got coming out..

the AC is not fluid..so it should not come out in drop form..

HarryRS

It's your power steering pipe they rot and leak away slowly. Take your front bumper off and look above your chargecooler rad you should notice it letting out little drops. They've made a steel one so it does not rot get one ordered before it gets worst.

Kam B

Cheers. Just order from Ford or somewhere else?

Kam B

Harry I noticed the leak when I took drivers side wheel off as the metal pipe can be seen from there and it was slightly dripping

HarryRS

Yeah it gets worse after time mate, mine started off a little leak and then started making power steering noises. Check your reservoir and see if it's low.

Best place to get the part from is Carparts express.

bassboy

Sounds like the above pipe to be honest Kam...cant remember for the love of God where I got mine from now.

There is also a coolant pipe which usually rots away to

lowman

buy a new standard fordproper..its did last for ten years before it started to go bad...

st220kyle

Ford coolant/anti freeze is bright green now, I've just had water pump changed and that's what they filled it back up with

RichieST

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Is it? I bought some gen. ford antifreeze from my dealer a couple of weeks ago and it was still the pink stuff.

st220kyle

Definitely, it was pink when I dropped it off and now its bright green! + some of it was splashed over the engine bay!

FRS-199

Sounds like the coolant pipe in the inner wheel arch.... common issue

JamboRS

wrong coolant then
focus rs coolant should be pink and has a 5 year life,the green has a 3 year life.
they cant be mixed im sure so better hope all your coolant was flushed out.

Kam B

Looks like a coolent flush in on the cards then