Wifes car dripping liquid

cattom

I would of thought the best thing to do would of been to open the bonnet. check the oil and water. start the engine, make sure all warning lights go out, and drive home. and also of course, close the bonnet before driving home.

Nobbie1967

cattom said:

I would of thought the best thing to do would of been to open the bonnet. check the oil and water. start the engine, make sure all warning lights go out, and drive home. and also of course, close the bonnet before driving home.

Or maybe turn off the AC and see if the dripping stops. If it does then drive home having found out where the AC drain is.

sheramber

I guess the OP is not going to tell us as he logged on at 6.49 but ignored this thread

elsien

sheramber said:

I guess the OP is not going to tell us as he logged on at 6.49 but ignored this thread

That’ll be the air con then. 

Could always contact greenflag to suggest that “do you have any perishable shopping in the car” hoiks you to the top of the priority list. 

maxsteam

It could be fuel. If it was me, the first thing I would do is stick my finger into the "liquid" and sniff it. It could be oil. It could be coolant. It could be hydraulic fluid. It might even be screenwash.

AdrianC

maxsteam said:

It could be fuel. If it was me, the first thing I would do is stick my finger into the "liquid" and sniff it. It could be oil. It could be coolant. It could be hydraulic fluid. It might even be screenwash.

From the very first post in the thread...

Deleted_User said:

It evidently doesn't smell of anyrthing and is not oil 

[Deleted User]

It turns out that there is more to this - than I was first told
To start with - my wife saw a pool of water under the car - with liquid dripping from the centre of the car - she decided that it may be risky driving home and asked another driver for advice - he told her that it could be condensation from the air con but that he had never seen so much before - this got her worried and she phoned Greenflag who advised her  to stay put and someone would be with her within the hour - this did not happen
My wife got fed up waiting after nearly two hours and decided to move the car - to give her a better view of the carpark entrance.
It was at this point that the car started to make a weird noise - she thought, from  the rear end - she phoned Greenflag to ask for an update and to inform them of this additional problem - They told her not to worry and that the first call had meant that a recovery lorry had been called anyway and it was stuck in traffic on the motorway about 30 miles away
Eventually the recovery lorry arrived after almost 3 hours - the driver started the car and drove it around and couldn't pin down the root of the noise, my wife drove it and the noise was still there. So he removed the rear brake drums and they were both clear - he decided that it must be suspension and got the car on the back of the lorry and took it and my wife to the nearest main dealers who took one look and told her "wheelbearing" - it had completely disintergrated on the left hand side - they are replacing both rear bearings  today.
My wife then informed me that she had hit a particularly vicious speed bump on the way to Sainsburys when  a car coming towards her gave her no choice - and there was a noise from under the car.
As for the liquid - it appears to have been  condensation although the radiator level in the bottle had dropped from the maximum mark - which, they normally fill it to at its last full service less than 2 months ago !
Women -  you can't live with them .........

AdrianC

The rear wheel bearing had collapsed completely - yet they could feel no play in the wheel?

[Deleted User]

AdrianC said:

The rear wheel bearing had collapsed completely - yet they could feel no play in the wheel?

Apparent yes - I was not there 

ratrace

AdrianC said:

The rear wheel bearing had collapsed completely - yet they could feel no play in the wheel?

Especially after greenflag removing the brake drums in the car park.