Leakage from undercarriage. Help!

[Lim_bei]

 This afternoon when i drove out for lunch. After parking my car in the car park, i found water trails in front of my car . So i squat down, checked my undercarriage.i saw a puddle of water underneath. So what is wrong with my car???

[david1881]

First check the source of water is either from:
1. Aircon condensation
2. Windscreen washer reservoir
3. Engine coolant

Else we're also clueless 

[Silver]

check the source by looking under the engine compartment

2 possibilities :

1. drip-water from air-con drainage (no issue)

or more seriously,

2. leakage from radiator, hoses

but most likely, it is possibility 1

[Lim_bei]

lol, call me dumb or anything. How i really confirm the source of the leakage ?? Open the hood or ???

[Jazz]

If the water is colourless, then it not your coolant, if plain water, usually is condensation, squat down to see if the puddle of water is on the center or which side, if on the driver side, most probably is the AC pipe condensation water. No worry then.

[Silver]

no worries, not calling you dumb or anything leh

look from under the engine compartment and observe where the water is coming from

if it is air-con drainage, you should be able to see it dripping from an outlet

if it is radiator leak, the level of water/coolant in the reservoir will be dropping

also, check the hoses

if still not sure, then get a mechanic to look at the situation

[Lim_bei]

Hey, thanks guys! I going to check out my car..

[iagree]

Hey, thanks guys! I going to check out my car..

hi lim Bei

how is ur car? manage to chk the prob?

[Lim_bei]

During the evening before it gets dark, i took a closer look. The water seems to drip from the front undercarriage, in between the passenger seats. So is it a huge problem??

[limck007]

lol, call me dumb or anything. How i really confirm the source of the leakage ?? Open the hood or ???

u are not dumb lah.. just not experience .. like me also..

i also dont know how to check for the source of leakage loh

[Silver]

any change in the water level in the radiator reservoir?

can you see if the water is dripping from the end of a small hose?

you can try again without running the air-con and see if the water is still dripping from that location

seems to be air-con drainage

I will take a look tomorrow to see where the air-con drainage is

[Lim_bei]

Okay thanks. i gonna take a look tomorrow morning. If i bring my car down to tan chong, will the ppl charge me for just checking my undercarriage??

 

[Silver]

eve of public holiday, don't know if they are on half day
will probably be pretty packed

you can try lining up there early in the morning, say queue up by 7:30 am

i remember bringing my previous Sunny to check some noise coming from the wheel housing
there was no charge
the cause was a worn out cover for the hydraulic damper
of course, they proposed to change the cover which would have cost some but I decline as it was not essential although the noise was somewhat irritating

[Lim_bei]

thanks for the reminder. I think i'm bringing it next week. No time for the queues.

[Silver]

any update?

[Lim_bei]

Sorry for the late updates. CNY coming soon, kinda busy with work and those CNY stuffs. The guys in tcm told me that the leakage is due to the condensation of the air-con system and went on explaining some chim technical stuffs. He told me don worry and condensation will become obvious on warmer days.... Then the guy starts marketing some silly tcm products and services. lol

[Silver]

all's well that ends well