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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 03:58 PM
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991.2 pulled into garage and noted several small stains on floor looked under rear to find a quarter size pink stain which has an oily feel. there is a what appears to be a stainless steel part directly behind the exhaust which has a pink substance on it looking at though it may have been blown back there from somewhere else. cleaned up the stains and there is no longer any new stains under the vehicle my first thought was that several months ago there was an AC problem low on refrigerant couldn't find any leaks so they filled it and added a tracer for future investigation. Obviously going into dealer any ideas. I was also thinking coolant. Thanks
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 04:27 PM
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Coolant?

Year?
Mileage?

Maybe water pump going.

What side?
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 06:08 PM
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2018 4500 miles leak at center of engine area Carrera base model
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 11:42 PM
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Coolant..lot of waterpump leaks and replacements in 2017 to 2018
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Old Mar 3, 2019 | 11:49 AM
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I've had similar on this 2017 C4S, which already had pump replaced a while back (before I bought car) for similar symptoms.

The 'dripping' seemed to happen after parked and driven hard. Originates from passenger side rear. Color was pink so I'm pretty sure its coolant. It hasn't happened since so I paid no more attention to it. I looked under and couldn't really make sense of where it came from.

Curious what it turns out to be.
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Old Mar 3, 2019 | 01:14 PM
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Water pump leaking. Big thread on it with lots of pics for comparison.
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Old Mar 3, 2019 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by minthral
I've had similar on this 2017 C4S, which already had pump replaced a while back (before I bought car) for similar symptoms.

The 'dripping' seemed to happen after parked and driven hard. Originates from passenger side rear. Color was pink so I'm pretty sure its coolant. It hasn't happened since so I paid no more attention to it. I looked under and couldn't really make sense of where it came from.

Curious what it turns out to be.
For your case, being at the rear corner, it could be a turbo coolant line leaking a little.
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Old Mar 4, 2019 | 04:10 PM
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Quick update car to the dealer this morning called saying they will be replacing the water pump should be ready tomorrow, thanks all who responded
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Originally Posted by jackporsche09
Quick update car to the dealer this morning called saying they will be replacing the water pump should be ready tomorrow, thanks all who responded
Ugh, not another water pump!

Glad they are taking care of it so quickly for you.
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Old Mar 4, 2019 | 10:04 PM
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This was my coolant leak on ‘17 if comparison helps.
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Old Mar 4, 2019 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyberbug
Coolant..lot of waterpump leaks and replacements in 2017 to 2018
Anyone know if changes were made to the 2019s? I doubt it since the failure rate is probably too small.
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I have a survey thread and so far no 2019 reported having problems. But I bought coolant any ways
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyberbug
I have a survey thread and so far no 2019 reported having problems. But I bought coolant any ways
Haven't seen that one. Link?
Is the survey still open? Sounds like it should still be open.
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Haven't seen that one. Link?
Is the survey still open? Sounds like it should should still be open.
Here
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 02:20 PM
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Friend's 991.2 C2S was built in July 2016, water pump leaked at 14k miles.
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