I just bought an '04 Civic EX about a week ago and had to take it in for an oil change today, because the drain plug was pretty beat up and I couldn't take it off.

When I got in the car at the lube place I noticed a little puddle of water under the car and I figured maybe they just washed off some oil that had spilled or something.

But after about 2 or 3 hours the thing was still leaking so I decided to take a look and see what it was. I found an open hose thats connected to who knows what. Do you guys have any ideas what the hose is and if its normal for it to be leaking?


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This is the new drain plug I had installed, its one of those EZ Drain plug valves or something like that, they sell them at AutoZone. Do you guys know if they are any good?

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Thanks

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Modified by xation at 11:43 AM 8/18/2007

 

is that water or oil on the ground?

 

It is water.

 

my car leaves a little puddle of water every time i run the A/C. Where u using your A/C?

 

Yeah... I live in deep south Texas so the AC is always running, it's hot as hell here.

That would be weird if its the AC though, because I have never noticed this before.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xation &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah... I live in deep south Texas so the AC is always running, it's hot as hell here.

That would be weird if its the AC though, because I have never noticed this before. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I can't be hotter than Phoenix AZ Another civic that i had left the same puddle every time i used the AC. So does my bro's Integra's

 

that water is from ur a/c. if u turn on ur fan and go under your car and put your hand on the end of that hose u can feel the air blowing. i kno cuz left my fan on when i changed my oil and i thought my tires were leaking air but it was the hose

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by i-VTEC_DOHC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that water is from ur a/c. if u turn on ur fan and go under your car and put your hand on the end of that hose u can feel the air blowing. i kno cuz left my fan on when i changed my oil and i thought my tires were leaking air but it was the hose</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, I think you guys are right.

Thanks.