A couple of weeks ago, there was apparently a leak of some kind from my van. There was an oily spot near the passenger front tire in the garage. It was due for an oil change anyway, so I took it in and mentioned the location of the leak and that I didn’t think it was an oil leak. They checked a number of likely suspects, but didn’t find anything. It wasn’t oil, brake fluid, tranmission fluid, or engine coolant.
I think I now know what it is. The one thing they probably did not check, since spring had not yet sprung at that time and temperatures were in the 40s, was the air conditioning. Today, spring sprang with a vengeance and temperatures rose well into the 70s. The interior of the van was pretty hot at the end of the work day. I turned on the air conditioning for the first time this year and I got… nothing.
Mystery possibly solved, though!
And now, March 2010 NaBloPoMo is done.
(NaBloPoMo | March ’10: 31 of 31 and done)
Lindy MacDuff says
*mingling*
Glad it wasn’t any hotter than the 70s. A piece of advice my dad gave me years ago…run the a/c in the car about once a month during the winter as it will keep it lubricated and leak tight. I realize this doesn’t help you now, but for future reference.
kathi says
Thanks for the reminder… usually I do run the a/c a few times in the winter as a dehumidifier to unfog the windows more quickly. Apparently not this year! Good news is that it was considered a warranty repair so no charge 🙂