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Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
29 Mar 2025 01:06 #259959
by Simonp
Replied by Simonp on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Hi thanks. The screen wash is blue. The overflow tank is yellowish but very dull. I have checked all around and above the bracket and it is completely dry. It is just a slow drip from the bottom of one of the brackets. I’m absolutely flummoxed to be honest!!
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29 Mar 2025 06:33 #259960
by Lambert
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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Replied by Lambert on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Ok so going back through the pictures it's the joint nearest the rear of the transfer box, the liquid absorbes into a paper towel, the liquid doesn't wet plastic however it will creep on the rough surface of the exhaust yet is able to withstand the heat and or is in sufficient quantities to cool the exhaust to a temperature it can withstand, and it isn't florescent in uv light, is that about it? So the first liquid that is going to be able to meet all those is coolant but I'm not convinced that it's necessarily going to be able to condense back into a liquid having passed through the exhaust. It appears to absorb too easily to be an oil but the colour would match with air conditioning lubricant. When you took it to the ac place did they add dye to the system or just wave a uv light at it as I'm not sure if suzuki add dye at source or just lubricant and evaporant/refrigerant. But even if it were ac juice it's not just materialising at only that joint so far from an obvious source. It could potentially be washer fluid but I've never heated any to see if it will change from blue to yellow but again there would have to be a fairly obvious source. I think it's time to start taking it in bits and looking inside and around and above with an unobstructed view.
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29 Mar 2025 06:44 #259961
by Lambert
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
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Replied by Lambert on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Oh and one other thing does that joint leak exhaust gasses if you put your hand over the tail pipe to over pressure the system, because it's unlikely that a liquid will escape where a gas can't, which puts it back to something external to the exhaust.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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29 Mar 2025 07:00 #259962
by Busta
Replied by Busta on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Get some on your finger and see if it feels oily.
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29 Mar 2025 08:24 - 29 Mar 2025 08:36 #259963
by Motacilla
Replied by Motacilla on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Coolant. It is dripping from the heater connection.
Hoses may be perished due to age, or could have been damaged, or could have been removed and then refitted (when old, they often don't reseal well). Check those first and go from there.
Hoses may be perished due to age, or could have been damaged, or could have been removed and then refitted (when old, they often don't reseal well). Check those first and go from there.
Last edit: 29 Mar 2025 08:36 by Motacilla.
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29 Mar 2025 12:13 #259964
by Simonp
Replied by Simonp on topic Help - yellow liquid from middle bracket of exhaust?
Hi again. Thanks so much for the support. I went back to car this morning and had another look. There is a drip when the car / exhaust is cold. The liquid is bright green / yellow and watery. When I started the car and put my hand over the exhaust the drips were more pronounced and I think there may be a very small crack on the front and rear bracket. When the car warms up the drips disappear. Then when it cools the slow drip comes back.
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