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Passenger footwell leak, oil?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Caldude805, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:11 PM.

  1. Caldude805

    Caldude805 Junior Member

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    On the passenger side footwell my Prius there is a very slow leak. It’s coming from almost this exact spot in this video but in the video it’s clearly water, in my car the fluid is more orange and looks and feels like oil. Kinda smells like it too but I can’t be 100%.
    Anyone else run into this strange oily leak too?


     
    #1 Caldude805, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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    Tombukt2 Senior Member

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    Orange red usually indicates coolant The drain from the air conditioner generally will be just clear water.
     
    #2 Tombukt2, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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    Okay, I’ll try to look up cooland leaks for that area.
     
    #3 Caldude805, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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    Pretty much I think the only thing you're going to find in that area is a heater core that's inside the box with the AC evaporator would have to be a pretty good size leak to fill up that box and get to the floor maybe somebody just spilled some Fanta
     
    #4 Tombukt2, Jul 5, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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