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Methodical4u 08-30-2011 12:23 AM

well it's not oil obviously... like the others said, it looks like plastic. What do the drips smell like?

wstar 08-30-2011 01:14 AM

Definitely melted plastic. I had this problem a couple months ago with a plastic grocery bag that got hung up underneath the car and melted against the exhaust pipes. You might not notice the smell from in the cabin, or even outside if most of the plastic is already melted, and is just reheating and dripping off.

Lug 08-30-2011 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar (Post 1288264)
Definitely melted plastic. I had this problem a couple months ago with a plastic grocery bag that got hung up underneath the car and melted against the exhaust pipes. You might not notice the smell from in the cabin, or even outside if most of the plastic is already melted, and is just reheating and dripping off.

Same thing happened to me.

JrumMusic 08-30-2011 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ChipsWithDips (Post 1288229)
Definately looks like melted plastic to me. No other "fluid" from your car would harden when cool. No telling which exact piece of plastic it's from until you put it on a lift, or jackstands and look around for what has melted.

Edit: oh and if you're looking around under there while the engine is warm, wear some googles. :ughdance:

Yea, your right no other other fluid would harden like that afterwards, thanks for the safety tips =]

JrumMusic 08-30-2011 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Methodical4u (Post 1288231)
well it's not oil obviously... like the others said, it looks like plastic. What do the drips smell like?

Like nothing. Like that helped lol haha

JrumMusic 08-30-2011 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar (Post 1288264)
Definitely melted plastic. I had this problem a couple months ago with a plastic grocery bag that got hung up underneath the car and melted against the exhaust pipes. You might not notice the smell from in the cabin, or even outside if most of the plastic is already melted, and is just reheating and dripping off.

Im will take another look, that horrible, there is no foul smell though... So maybe its something else, hopefully nothing major

red6spd 08-30-2011 11:26 AM

If he had a bag he would have a bad smell. Right before I was suppose to go to Atco raceway with a few friends I started to get his burning plastic smell coming from the Z. I was so worried it was something that was going to stop me from hitting the track. I searched and searched could not find anything. Untill one day I smelled it really bad after getting on her a little, I pulled over and got under the car and saw a melted plastic bag my FI exhaust. I was pissed and happy at the same time LOL

cheshirecat 08-30-2011 11:33 AM

Almost looks like some kind of silicone sealant.

Red__Zed 08-30-2011 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cheshirecat (Post 1288638)
Almost looks like some kind of silicone sealant.

Yeah that's my thought. Looks like the high-temp rtv.

Red__Zed 08-30-2011 11:47 AM

Where under the car is it leaking?

11Thumper 08-30-2011 01:03 PM

Take a good look in the engine bay and under the car as well. Make sure you do this when the car is completely cool. Use a flashlight and look for more of this goop, or debris that is stuck in there. Did this just happen one day or does it continue to happen? You say it is hard now, but did you ever see it when it was soft?

JrumMusic 08-30-2011 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1288648)
Where under the car is it leaking?

Imagine where the intakes are, underneath the car of course, that is where the leaks were on the floor, left and right. I looked again this morning, i cant seem to find anything, no smells, no engine lights no nothing. hm...

JrumMusic 08-30-2011 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper (Post 1288766)
Take a good look in the engine bay and under the car as well. Make sure you do this when the car is completely cool. Use a flashlight and look for more of this goop, or debris that is stuck in there. Did this just happen one day or does it continue to happen? You say it is hard now, but did you ever see it when it was soft?

No idea when it happend, its not ALOT of it on the floor, but it enough to notice something aint right. Ive never seen it fresh and gooey.

spearfish25 08-30-2011 04:40 PM

There is no way anything slightly dripping from the engine will be visible on the ground from the front bumper all the way back to about the front edge of the doors. The under tray covers that whole area. The only way to get a fluid leak in that area is to have a big one (lots of oil or coolant) that actually fills the tray and then seeps through the holes in it.

Either your under tray or something in the wheel well is melting, something is dripping from further back than the intake area, or you have a ton of that melted crap caught by the under tray and only a bit got through to the ground.

You can certainly melt the dust boots around the brake caliper pistons, but they usually vaporize rather than drip.

11Thumper 08-30-2011 05:06 PM

Are you sure this wasn't some type of plastic flash material that just dropped to the floor? Perhaps you ran over something on the road and this was just leftover debris? If you never saw this in a wet/soft state then I would question the origin. Are you sure it couldn't be from something else in the garage?

Do you have kids? ;)


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