Date:         Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:09:38 -0800
Reply-To:     rpc <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         rpc <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Orange Liquid on Rear Hatch
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Chris,
  Did it have a smell or taste??
   Reminds me, I noticed a liquid dripping beneath my vanagon off the frame rail, Thought it was coolant.  Felt it--slimy. Smelled it--nothing. Tasted it--I expected the distinctive taste of Ethylene Glycol, but no, was very acidic and unpleasant.
  I noticed MORE of this mystery liquid under the van so I mentioned it to my wife who had been driving it.  "Hmmmm... I remember seeing a plastic jug filled with something and it popped when I drove over it", she replied (she was in a road construction area).

  I do not want to know what was in that jug.

  Good luck,
  Chris C
  90mv

"Dr.Chris" <gronski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  Hi All,

I dropped my van off at the tinting place and I noticed a bit of
orange liquid on the back hatch. I did not get a chance to investigate
more, but I'm obviously concerned it may be a coolant leak.

Would coolant show up on the rear hatch, or did someone just spill
their OJ on my van? The only two fluids I know in my van that are
orange-ish are the coolant and Krown rustproofing, but I'm even more
at a loss to explain how Krown would get back there.

I go back to get the van in a week. How should I start looking for
that coolanyt leak?

Chris