If it tastes of cinnamon....then its chewing gum ;o)
Fed Up - One Baffling Oil Leak - From The Radio On Dash?
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Lennyliverpool
, Mar 08 2016 05:35 PM
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ChopperHarris
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 08:57 AM
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Lennyliverpool
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 02:29 PM
well it turns out the pipe into the oil gauge had come off/split - and had for some time...
amazed the radio still functions as it was drenched in oil!
another little problem resolved - dontcha just love mini's!
thanks for your help
Lenny
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Mine is purple, but I have been told that's normal
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 02:39 PM
As gross as this sounds, smell and taste the fluid.
Antifreeze will smell and taste sweet. Motor oil will smell... like oil and have an unpleasant taste but not as bad as gasoline.
Footnote Story: 25 years ago my wife called to tell me there was red liquid dripping out of the console of her VW. Since she was miles from home she took the car to a local garage. They found the "leak" quickly. I had left a pack of cinnamon chewing gum in the coin drawer. Summer heat had broken the gum down causing it to drip red oil. You never know what these things may turn out to be.
I know a woman who left a pack of butter in the glove box. It wasn't nice
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 10:19 PM
My wife once bought the milk on her way to work ... It was yogurt when she got home ... 
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Posted 10 March 2016 - 06:27 AM
well it turns out the pipe into the oil gauge had come off/split - and had for some time...
amazed the radio still functions as it was drenched in oil!
another little problem resolved - dontcha just love mini's!
thanks for your help
Lenny
I replaced mine with one of these. http://www.minispare...px|Back to shop
I've never like the plastic ones as they seem so flimsy.
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Posted 28 February 2019 - 01:50 PM
As gross as this sounds, smell and taste the fluid.
Antifreeze will smell and taste sweet. Motor oil will smell... like oil and have an unpleasant taste but not as bad as gasoline.
Footnote Story: 25 years ago my wife called to tell me there was red liquid dripping out of the console of her VW. Since she was miles from home she took the car to a local garage. They found the "leak" quickly. I had left a pack of cinnamon chewing gum in the coin drawer. Summer heat had broken the gum down causing it to drip red oil. You never know what these things may turn out to be.
Would this antifreeze likely be dripping from the climate control unit? I think this is the case that I currently have (and tasted it to test) coolant/antifreeze leaking.
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