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Need help IDing some leaks.

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by cobes, May 11, 2023.

  1. May 11, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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    cobes

    cobes [OP] habitual line-stepper

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    Hi all.

    Haven't driven my truck in a few weeks, and was just packing up to do a weekend roadtrips and notices a couple small new leaks, and I'm not sure what parts they are and how much I should be worrying about them.

    First is some red drops coming from frond driver above the skid plate, and the other is front middle towards the rear of the skid plate clear fluid. Trying to learn what those parts are and determine if it's worrisome enough to not drive.

    Thanks
    I appreciate any input

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  2. May 11, 2023 at 4:48 PM
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    0xDEADBEEF Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction

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    Can’t really tell the orientation of the first pic, but that’s either power steering or transmission. Not much of a leak.

    bottom looks like your oil pan, but the oil looks like it’s coming from higher up - or leaking at the bottom and getting blown around by the wind
     
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  3. May 11, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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    Thanks for the reply. The first picture is left is front of the truck, right? Is rear. I recently had an aux trans cooler installed, wondering if This is part of the thermostat.

    Of course this happens just right as I'm about to go drive 500 mi, so just trying to determine if I need to worry.

    Steering rack was replaced a couple years ago so hoping not that haha
     
  4. May 11, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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    I would guess that is part of the new auc cooler. Hard to tell how bad a leak it is when it’s not warmed up and running though.

    I don’t have a v6, could the other one be an oil filter leak?
     

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