Livefreeandrive

Good morning, I drove my car a bit yesterday and when I parked it back in the garage there was a splattering of ATE blue under the driver location?? Any ideas before I start taking the bottom plastic off?
HHHEEEELLLP!!!

Marc Shaw

"Under the driver location"....

You don't mean just behind the front left wheel, do you?

That is where the overflow drain from the brake fluid tank leads. Check the tank is not overfilled and, if so, just suck some fluid out (I used a turkey baster).

Marc

Indycam

Look in the front trunk ,
do you have fluid under the spare tire ?

dfinnegan

You might also check the floor of the front boot for fluid.

If the pressure sensor on the hydraulic pump fails it leaks into the boot and then finds holes in the floor pan to drip out of.

If this is the case, then you really have to be careful as you'll loose your brakes entirely if not remedied.

Hydraulic pressure switch replacement thread from when this happened to me.

Of course, your problem may be a simple overflow spill, as Marc has suggested. That would be better!

Cheers,
Dave

Livefreeandrive

Thanks, i am going out to the garage now and take a look. I have an old slow laptop out there so I can ask more questions...................maybe pics?
Steve

Rocket Rob

How full is your brake fluid reservoir? Could it be a simple overflow?

Livefreeandrive

Whew! Looks like simple overflow.................It was flushed and refilled a couple of weeks ago? And my battery keeps dying= I had to jump yesterday and this morning? any relationship? warmer temperature?
Thanks! I cannot find my nasty baster......................any other tricks before I **** off the wifey?
Steve

Livefreeandrive

Cool, I just found some medical oxygen hose that I "inherited". glad I stashed it!

Rocket Rob

Glad to hear it was something simple. Not all problems are.

dfinnegan

Excellent news!

Now you need a spirited drive :-)

dfinnegan

Rob: "jynx, owe me a coke!"

Did they say that we you were a kid and two people said the same thing at the same time? Been a long, long time since I've heard that. Just popped into my head when I saw your post after my submit. When did I get so old? Of course, it's better than the alternative, and my toys are much nicer now!

Rocket Rob

Dave - Did they say that when I was a kid? Yes. I haven't heard it in a long time, too. Maybe we are both getting older. :-( Yes, the toys are much nicer than when we were kids.

Glad to hear you are going to Limerock too. I will be nice to meet you (and Ilko) in person. It seems like we already know each other. My dilemma is, do I drive the cab or the new C2? I'm leaning towards taking the "new" car.

dfinnegan

That's an excellent problem you have there! I've often wished I had another so that my projects didn't all have to be completed by Monday morning.

Looking forward to the Lime Rock event. It'll be great to meet you. Are you planning on driving all the way to Mahwah for the fun-run or will we meet you up at Lime Rock?

Rocket Rob

At this point, I plan on meeting with you at Mahwah, unless something prevents me. The downside is I will need to leave my house at 4:00am (can you say caffeine?) to get there by 8:30am.

Livefreeandrive

Back from drive............this is my favorite Porsche= a perfect blend of technology and classis looks!
Thanks for your help! I had nightmares about what this might have been. The extraction was going well as I had nice new clear tube so I still do not know what ATE blue tastes like! My only mistake was using my hockey stick to prop up the hood. I use it to play ball with my dog and when he saw it went ape**** and knocked my clever siphoning operation on it's *** and fluid was spilled? I should get off my *** and replace hood shocks but I can still see the scars on my knuckles from doing this on my 993.
Steve