# Fluid from 2006 PT Cruiser **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chrysler, ptcruiser\ **Created:** [March 22, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285 "2014-03-22T20:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Burb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Burb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Burb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/1 "2014-03-22T20:53:20Z")
Every day for a month my mother’s 2006 PT Cruiser was leaving a puddle on the pavement underneath the front center of the vehicle. She says it looks like water. It dries up and does not leave a stain. The car seems to run okay. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/2 "2014-03-22T21:08:47Z")
If it looks and feels like water it probably is water. I imagine it’s just water condensing from the air conditioner. Nothing to worry about. Antifreeze would be reddish. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/3 "2014-03-23T04:00:18Z")
If you really want to know for sure, have her put something under the car so that the puddle can be easily inspected. As asemaster noted, if if it looks like water and smells like water, etc. then it’s water. If not, then describe it. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/4 "2014-03-23T04:29:22Z")
Check the levels of all the fluids. Any of them low? ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/5 "2014-03-23T04:30:09Z")
Do you live where it’s hot? Is mom using the A/C? If the answer is yes, this is simply condensation dripping from the AC system. In a “thumbnail sketch”, the AC works by chilling a small radiator type heat exchanger with a rapidly expanding refrigerant from which the heat has been removed. The hot cabin air is then passed through the “radiator” (technically called an “evaporator”). The air’s heat is absorbed by the chilled “radiator” coils. Condensation forms on the chilled coils, as the barrier layer loses its ability to hold the moisture and deposits it, and the condensation drips down. Mom is not using the AC, post back and I’ll posit other ideas. In any event, be sure to check her fluids regularly. It’s a good habit to get into anyway. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/6 "2014-03-23T05:11:56Z")
If mom is using the defroster that also uses the A/C to dry the air. ---
**Author:** ![Burb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@Burb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Burb)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fluid-from-2006-pt-cruiser/84285/7 "2014-03-27T19:17:25Z")
Thank you all. I am grateful for the suggestions and feedback.