i opened up my hood this morning to jump start my girlfriend's car and there was baby blue liquid all over the engine. does anyone know what it is and how it leaked?

 

Sounds like you may have hit a smurf... check your wheel wells... hopefully he's still not under there.

I dunno man baby blue you say? odd color... maybe?

 

On some Acura's, the coolant color is Blue-ish. You may have a coolant leak.

 

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That would explain it... never seen blue coolant before...

This dude I tell ya what a guy

 

some Canadian cars also came with blue coolant along with alot of the Candian Acuras (1.7 el's had it too) The coolent is more of a darker blue the smurf blue tho hahah.

Id be more leaning towards checking wheel wells for dead smurfs.

 

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See I told you matt.... gosh don't know NOTHIN!

 

no its baby batter

 

blue coolant? Thats a new one.....

Check the washer fluid tubes.... maybe one broke.

 

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That's what I thought when I first saw it. But, if you buy it direct from Acura, at least out here, it's blue.

 

humm... well washer fluid can be pink too so if he filled it with a diff. color fluid, it might not be it.

 

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Some stock coolant is blue and alot of aftermarket / performance coolants are blue. I know alot of mx'ers use a product called Engine Ice and it runs VERY well in the summer, but in the cooler months is can run alot cooler and cause the bike to not run right.

 

There is blue coolant, but I've never seen it used out here.

Washer fluid or coolant, only two possible causes really, short of hitting a smurf.

So yeah, have that checked out too.

 

Still laughing about the smurf joke. Never seen blue coolant, Is that better than the 50/50 green coolant. I want nothing but the best for my honda.

 

Most tranny fluid I see is blue, Does it smell like ****?

 

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most tranny fluid is a cherry red color atleast from texas it is.

 

You killed my smurf you bast**d J/K.... hehehe

 

UMM I get honda coolant and its blue maybe they just changed it but i 100% sure its blue now

 

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Some stock coolant is blue and alot of aftermarket / performance coolants are blue. I know alot of mx'ers use a product called Engine Ice and it runs VERY well in the summer, but in the cooler months is can run alot cooler and cause the bike to not run right.

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i put that stuff in my dirtbike!!!!

 

Our Honda Type 2 coolant is bluish. I'm sure Acura uses the same thing.

 

in 02 or 03 Honda/Acura switched all of their vehicles to their own branded blue 50/50 long life coolant. Lasts 100,000 miles with no degradation in the structural integrity of the hoses. All OEM honda coolant is blue now. Toyota did something similar with their cars but their fluid is red.

 

How about that crap... when I got my car it had the green crap in it... dissapointed

 

Yeah, i can totally see how the colour of your coolant would have you royally gutted. There's only one thing for it - you simply HAVE to flush out your green fluid and get some blue stuff.

Quick, there isn't much time!

 

Really?.... I better do it quick!... I mean can you... you can do that??

 

It's crazy but i think you can. I did hear a rumour once upon a time, but i'm not 100% sure if there was any truth in it. I think it was maybe more of an old wives' tale to be honest, but i'm too scared to try it myself to find out. What happens if it can't be done and i've already emptied out all of my green stuff?

Well i'll tell ya what happens... i'm screwed!


But i want my coolant to be blue though...

 

Maybe you actually HAD blue coolant but someone pee'd in your radiator which turned the fluid green.