1999 Accord ex sedan, leaking!!

[flight_90]

Hi, I noticed that my car is leaking this morning. I have it stored in the garage and today I took it for a ride and noticed a leak.

I was aware of a small power steering leak but today.. I noticed that some sort of a black fluid was also present...


These are the pictures right near the front left wheel, directly under the steering wheel.




So anyways... ideas? suggestions?

this new leak seems to be black much more thicker and the power steering leak is clear.

 

[DarkSideAccord]

tht looks like motor oil....

how's the oil level?

 

[Valet]

It's definitely oil. But it could be from anything unfortunately. If its really coming from the bottom it could be a main seal.

 

[Steadycrusin401]

could be the oil filter housing seal if its leaking from underneeth the steering wheel. easy fix.

 

[bucho44]

You also might wanna check the distributor. The O-ring wears out and the oil drips out pretty fast. I just bought that earlier for $2 as well as the heater hose ($18) because the oil dripped onto the hose, it wore out and busted today while driving.

 

[001Stunna]

If you could get some pics of the back of the engine itd prob help more in pinpointing it.

A main seal would leak on the mating points of the engine/transmission. It usually doesn't just start out of the blue with heavy leakage though...it usually slowly progresses and gets worse.

Just get under there and inspect

 

[RobS763]

Degrease and recheck after driving, imo easiest way to find a leak. Good luck

 

[x5carl3tMurd3rx]

^this also is this a manual or an auto car? if manual it could be an axle seal. mines leaking and after completely cleaning everything under the car I can dive it for a day put it back on the lift and the whole underside is covered in fluid.

 

[AZmike]

I had a leak that looked a lot like that. I found some of the power steering hose clamps needed to be tightened a bit. How is your power steering fluid level?

 

[djkurious]

Clean all possible leaking areas and recheck after driving. If in doubt, add some dye to the oil.