Uh oh, something's leaking

[Xris]

Well, when I to change my oil, I noticed some bright orange-red liquid underneath the car. It sort of looks like Dex-Cool, but I'm not sure that it is. What could it be? What color is transmission fluid?

[geoffinbc]

Tranny fluid is red. Dexcool is obviously orange. But the tranny will usually only leak onto itself. Where does it appear to be comming from?

[sharkey]

not true, the tranny will leak onto itself, but the air blows it under the entire car. you havent seen a mess till you see a car with a blown out front tranny seal, and it has tranny fluid on the back window and trunk.

if its orange, its likely dexcool. if your tranny has a dipstick (i dont know your car or year, so hard to tell what tranny it is) pull it and compare it to what you found under the car.

[Xris]

From what I remember, there was some on top of the transmission, and some on an A/C line under/near the transmission. I'll see if I have a transmission dipstick in the morning. It's a bit rainy/dark right now.