Leaking in engine bay

[Karthik]

Hey guys

This morning when I went to open up my baby to check oil and water , I found that its leaking some white liquid . Its not too much but its at the front just at the beginning of the engine. Help please . Is this serious as I need to drive down to Newcastle this afternoon .

 

[jeff_denning]

Is that not maybe your washer fluid that's leaking?
What does the fluid smell like?
Maybe your BMW is having wet dreams? :rollsmile:

 

[Sankekur]

Maybe a pic of the fluid and where you found it.....though I can't think of any white fluid used by the car :dunno:

 

[Funky Toyz]

Maybe your BMW is having wet dreams? :rollsmile:

:roflol:

 

[SKYF]

Anti freeze?

 

[moranor@axis]

is it white residue from dry liquid? if so its a cooling system leak...

 

[Yuvan]

LOL, white fluid!

 

[Philip Foglar]

Makes you wonder what cars get up to at night when we are all asleep!? :roflol:

 

[Doomsdaya]

is it white residue from dry liquid? if so its a cooling system leak...

Anti freeze?

I think its somewhere along those lines.... when my Jetta had a coolant leak also found white residue in the liquid on the floor.

 

[SKYF]

Could possible have a crack on the water bottle.
There no other fluids i can think of that are white(in the car i mean)

 

[Karthik]

Hey guys sorry late reply to this thread , returned from holiday and never used my car on holiday so finally took a picture this morning

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BUMP

 

[Sankekur]

Yup that is the residue left by dried up coolant.

From the pic it would look like it came from the thermostat housing, possibly a leak from where it mounts on or a crack in the housing itself.

 

[Karthik]

Is it serious ? I haven't been using her much for the last two weeks , kinda got a love for the E90 . But she's only gonna get fixed in the new year

 

[Sankekur]

Well any problem on the cooling system is pretty serious, as overheating can result which can pretty much destroy the engine, especially an engine like the M54.

I would sort this out as soon a possible.

 

[Karthik]

:fencelook:

You think its safe enough for a small trip ? Jhb to Pta ? My dad looked at it and said its nothing too serious

 

[Sankekur]

Well I can't really say by just looking at the pic, doesn't look like it has leaked too much.