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May 19, 2009 | 10:11 AM

Bustaduck

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a new leak

raised the hood to find a oily green fluided have no idea what it is antifreeze is orange does any body know what this is? if you are standing in front of the truck and you look down beside the raditor below the battery 03 6.0 4x4 crew

May 19, 2009 | 10:15 AM

12ozd

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Any fluids low?
Combination of fluids (trans+coolant etc.?)
A/C?

Just guessing,some place to start.

May 19, 2009 | 10:18 AM

riggz

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Which battery? There are 2.

May 19, 2009 | 10:19 AM

dschuffert

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It sounds like it could be a mixture of oil and anti freeze. You shouldn't have orange antifreeze in this engine.

May 19, 2009 | 05:54 PM

Bustaduck

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the battery on the passenger side. your right it has green antifreeze. could be bad water pump I guess? I know my degas bottle leaks only if it's over half full but thats at the back of engine

May 19, 2009 | 06:06 PM

69cj

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Green oily residue sounds like a battery leak with some corrosion mixed in. Immediate attention should be the word here. Sorry if I'm wrong but coolant is called gold for a reason not greenish/gold.