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Posted on Jan 08, 2010

Red /yellow cloured oil leak around behind front wheel line

Red /yellow oil leak around behind front wheel line and slightly left of centre line of car to near side? Car been standing on drive over past couple of days of cold weather.
leak seems slight but leaving a trail over short distance driven since discovering possible fault about 20 metres!

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If it is yellow it could be the aircon compressor, if it is really red to pink, power steering or automatic transmission leak

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