Water leak under car help!?

I just parked my car and have noticed a puddle of water under the car .. pretty big too, not a little drop or anything! the fluid is clear and doesn't have a smell looks just like water to me. We haven't had any rain today (did yesterday) and I haven't used the air conditioning for a few weeks. What could it be? Should I be concerned? as you can probably tell I don't know a thing about cars so I don't want to take it to a mechanic for them to charge me $$ for just having a look even if it's nothing. It had a major service at the end of april, and has done 23,000 kms. It just had it's windscreen replaced today due to a crack if that makes any difference, would they have used water?? (told you i had no idea!)





If it's water, were is it coming from and does it need to be topped up? (will take it to my dad!)





thank you
Water leak under car help!?
The water is from your air conditioning. Perfectly normal.
Water leak under car help!?
It is totally normal, I'm guessing that you were running the air conditioner... It's the condensation, it is totally normal





It cannot be the coolant because it smells and it's greenish yellowish...





Bring it to a mechanic if you're not sure, but I'm 95% sure that it's the condensation of the air conditioner, which is totally normal
Reply:I'm no genius when it comes to car either....first things that come to mind are your rad might have a leak or maybe it's something to do with the a/c.





Could be a pricey fix either way. (But then, aren't they always pricey fixes when cars crap out?)
Reply:What sort of car do you have? Ur name is swifty05..


Do u have a suzuki swift? I do :)





IM not sure what this water is.. I would have said


air conditioning. IS your coolant leaking? It's suppose


to be green... but some people use water.


Check if its coming from the back or front end also.


Best taking it to tour dad.. thats what I do =D x
Reply:I had a question like this earlier this year...then I realized the car was parked in the evening next to a sprinkler...and whenever I wasn't on the incline of the driveway the car would appear to "leak" water....I really doubt that is the case though





I would guess that it is condensation from a humidity and and your air conditioner maybe pooling up somewhere and leaking later. You can always take a peek under the hood with a flashlight and see if you spot anything obvious...I would shut off the car first :P





...I really only worry about leaks that are red, brown, and green
Reply:Check the radiator for proper amount of coolant. If your coolant is green(like it should be) and the water on the ground is clear then you don't have a problem with your engine. If you are running straight water in the radiator then you could have a problem with the cooling system.Keep an eye on the temp gage.
Reply:SEEING AS THE WIDSCREEN WAS REPLACED TODAY:


Possibly windscreen washers not connected, or hose cracked or broken when they fitted new screen. The pipe runs along close to bottom of screen in some cars, and is the most likely. Try washers - if they don't squirt on screen, that's your problem.





However, if it is DEFINITELY only water then the next most likely is air con after standing and then starting car with air con already turned on. Simply condensation AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I wouldn't expect to find "pretty big" pool of water though, which is why I 'd make it second most likely.





You would notice antifreeze if it was radiator, or hose in the cooling system, I'd have thought.





Could also be a heater hose that was disconnected when the windscreen guys did their work, tempory if it got in their way.





Other than that - there aren't too many p[laces water can come from.





OK If it has only started since the windscreen was replaced, take the car back to them, explain the puddle and ask them





a] was a washer hose disconnected during the replacement





b] Was a heater hose disconnected? If so could they please check that they have connected them up correctly.

floral