Dissecting Drips in Your Driveway

Anytime you find evidence of a leak on the driveway from under your car, it's a good idea to inspect further. According to a Customer Service Manager for a Diamond Certified company, fluids are your car's lifeblood. They cool, clean, lubricate and protect all the moving parts of your car. A visual inspection of the fluid will give you some clues. Pink fluid generally is leaking from the transmission, transfer case or power steering. A brown stain would indicate either an oil leak or a leak at the differential. And dripping green, blue or orange fluids are usually from the cooling system.

Share this information with your repair shop and ask for a leak inspection, which is not expensive. If you choose to ignore those drips, you could unknowingly be causing damage that will be much more costly to repair later.