After I parked in the driveway this afternoon, I noticed a little puddling underneath the car. I figured it was just AC condenser runoff, so I didn't think too much of it.

However, I just went out to the car (it's been parked for about 6hrs) to find that the puddle had run 20 feet down the driveway and not evaporated at all- telling me it's certainly not condenser runoff.

It appears to be coming from the passenger side, right behind the front wheel. Here a pic:



Now here's the weird stuff; the fluid doesn't really have an odor, it's clear, it's really isn't oily, and all the fluid levels I checked came out OK- steering, brake, coolant, oil.

Any ideas? It's an 06 x BTW

 

Battery acid overflow? That stuff doesnt really "dry up"

 

Its the condensation from the ac and if its pretty humid and hot a lot of water will come out.

 

Taste it and let us know what it tastes like.

 

It tastes like burning

 

Good one man!!! On a more serious note I don't have a clue what it might be. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

Last night I changed the oil and ATF. While I was under there, I did a lot of searching for the culprit. I couldn't find ANYTHING out of the ordinary. What happened (I think), was the AC condenser runoff dripped onto a puddle of brake fluid that was on my driveway from a leaky container that I had placed there Thursday afternoon when I was cleaning the garage. The additional water from the condenser gave that small puddle sufficient volume to run down the driveway.

Case closed.

Insert "Law & Order" 'ching-ching' here.

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