Green fluid on front jack point...

I'm suspecting it's gear oil from the front diff. Check the CV axle seals, drain plugs, etc for seepage. You're really just going to have to poke around with a flashlight to verify if there is actually a leak or not.

 

hey - i like that, i changed my front differential oil not long ago...maybe it is from that job!

only scary thing is this was a pretty green on jackpad i dont remeber any diff fluid being that definitive

but thank you. ill be getting under there again soon

 

Did you soak it up with a white paper towel to verify the color? My gear oil has a light green hue to it.

 

no, it was a terrible skid plate install (1/3 plates done lol)
1-2 hr job turned 4 hr+ because impacts didnt touch the front bracket bolts
had to squeek them out by hand 17mm x 6, now trasnmission skid rearward to crossmember not lining up with holes
for thru bolts, this is when i bailed and have only engine skid on now
i didnt have time to worry about the leak last evening at 11pm

 

Yeah, if you're in the rust belt, all of those bolts will fight you and you run the risk of snapping off captured nuts in the frame. Make sure to absolutely coat all of those skid plate bolts with anti-seize when you eventually get it all together. I'd even suggest running a thread chaser through to clean up the threads. When you get to installing everything, make sure all of the bolts are loose until everything is in and then tighten them all down going from front to back.

 

thank you for that. im going to loosen it all up and do what you said
their install video has ya tightening except sandwich sections, so im going to loosen
it all again first

i did use a little antiseize on hardware that went back in, based on your advise im going to use more moving forward

i wd 40 all the bolts and recesses after i got them out and cleaned bolts that were reused