That was great! Well worth the wait. All of us car guys know that the best way to look for leaks is to take the cardboard and lay it under the car, then slide underneath the car and when a drop of oil hits your face, you've found the leak.
That's a good way to begin. I like it when that drop of oil shows me where it came from, but sometimes it takes a long circuitous route down to the cardboard from someplace you can't even see much less get your fingers in there to do anything about without spending quite a lot of time taking other things apart to get at it.
Determining whether it's motor oil, trans oil, brake fluid or power steering fluid can be a big help. Sometimes they all look the same after soaking into the cardboard.
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That was great! Well worth the wait. All of us car guys know that the best way to look for leaks is to take the cardboard and lay it under the car, then slide underneath the car and when a drop of oil hits your face, you've found the leak.
That's a good way to begin. I like it when that drop of oil shows me where it came from, but sometimes it takes a long circuitous route down to the cardboard from someplace you can't even see much less get your fingers in there to do anything about without spending quite a lot of time taking other things apart to get at it.
Determining whether it's motor oil, trans oil, brake fluid or power steering fluid can be a big help. Sometimes they all look the same after soaking into the cardboard.
Taste it.
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