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Old 07-21-2015, 05:37 AM   #1
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If you look between the spokes of the wheel onto the inner barrel do you see anything there? Also up on the wheel well liner. Those are places that brake fluid could get spun to and drip down.
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Old 07-21-2015, 06:19 AM   #2
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Hi from the UK.

Brake fluid smells like brake fluid, the ester based oil used in air conditioning doesn't smell of anything and is very slippery.

It's in the right place on the floor to be weeping from a joint near the condenser.

Give it a sniff :-)
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Hi from the UK.

Brake fluid smells like brake fluid, the ester based oil used in air conditioning doesn't smell of anything and is very slippery.

It's in the right place on the floor to be weeping from a joint near the condenser.

Give it a sniff :-)
Or condensation from near the condenser. I just paid a diagnostic charge last week to find out that my leak in that area was condensation.

Have you been running the AC lately?
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Yes, I have been running the air conditioning lately it's been very hot here in Delaware I've also noticed some Clear colored water near the center of the car from condensation. If it is condensation why would it be a brown oily substance?
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