I have a 2004 Freelander. It has two perplexing leaks I was hoping someone on this forum might have some insight into.
1. After driving for 10 minutes or more and parking, a few moments later the car spits out a few table spoons of a clear liquid onto the ground around mid engine. There was a coolant leak in a different spot after the last service that they took two visits to fix. While the coolant reservoir always looks low to me, this seems to be water that's coming out. In the summer I shrugged it off to the A/C dripping, but I haven't been using the A/C at all! Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
2. Last weekend I changed the brake pads and rotors. I opened the brake fluid reservoir, jacked up the driver's side and changed it all without bleeding the brakes. I merely pressed the brake piston back, careful to make the fluid didn't overflow. It never got close.
Next I jacked up the left side and repeated the procedure. However, after I pressed the brake piston back, on the right side about 1/4 cup of brake fluid (brown light weight slippery stuff) dripped out! The drip came from up above the under tray, not anywhere near the brake lines on the caliper. I initially thought I stressed and cracked a brake line while suspending it to work on the rotors, but the leak was nowhere near where I was working.
I checked the brake fluid reservoir and saw that the fluid was nowhere near the top.
I put everything back together and it has seemed fine all week. Any ideas on this one?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you might have!
~Marlon
1. After driving for 10 minutes or more and parking, a few moments later the car spits out a few table spoons of a clear liquid onto the ground around mid engine. There was a coolant leak in a different spot after the last service that they took two visits to fix. While the coolant reservoir always looks low to me, this seems to be water that's coming out. In the summer I shrugged it off to the A/C dripping, but I haven't been using the A/C at all! Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
2. Last weekend I changed the brake pads and rotors. I opened the brake fluid reservoir, jacked up the driver's side and changed it all without bleeding the brakes. I merely pressed the brake piston back, careful to make the fluid didn't overflow. It never got close.
Next I jacked up the left side and repeated the procedure. However, after I pressed the brake piston back, on the right side about 1/4 cup of brake fluid (brown light weight slippery stuff) dripped out! The drip came from up above the under tray, not anywhere near the brake lines on the caliper. I initially thought I stressed and cracked a brake line while suspending it to work on the rotors, but the leak was nowhere near where I was working.
I checked the brake fluid reservoir and saw that the fluid was nowhere near the top.
I put everything back together and it has seemed fine all week. Any ideas on this one?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you might have!
~Marlon
