Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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Odoyle
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Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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It looks like theres some kind of blue fluid seeping out of the box.
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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This is a fuel injected 1983 Pininfarina btw.
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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Any chance you spilled windshield washer fluid on it?
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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I would assume it is spraying there from some where else. Maybe it's dripping from the hose going to the overflow tank.
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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Start the car up and let it get up to temp. Once the thermostat is open, have a look and see if anything is leaking in the area.
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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What is the level in your overflow tank. The coolant system is pressurized so a leak could travel some distance from a pin hole or leak.
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Re: Why does my airbox look like its leaking coolant?

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So is your coolant that color. If not then it is either windshield washer fluid or may be from your AC if someone in the past put tracer die in it. I put my vote on wiper fluid.
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