Tiff 350z

just picked up an 08' Enthusiast, 20k few days ago. Everything seemed fine with car until i found green fluid splattered ALL over front of engine yesterday. Haven't noticed temp rise or any other symptoms. I'll take ANY advice, thanks!

winchman

It could be the recovery tank was overfilled, and some coolant was forced out. Look around for any obvious things like damaged hoses, loose clamps, etc. It's hard to inspect the radiator itself because of the AC condenser in front of it and the fans behind it.

Check the coolant level, and keep an eye on the temperature. If the level drops or you see a temp rise, you'll know you've got a problem.

Has the car ever been involved in an accident?

davidv

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Nick Mystic

I would contact the dealership or private individual you bought the car from as soon as possible. You have the best chance of getting something fixed on a recently purchased car if you get it back to the seller as soon as possible. Dealerships don't usually want to deliberately sell a car that has something wrong with it since their reputation can take a hit. Also, they are usually pretty good at fixing small things you find right away. If it turned out being something serious you'd have a good chance of getting some sort of compensation worked out. If it was a private seller, then you might have a harder time sorting things out since some people will sell a car with a serious problem just to get rid of it and they aren't motivated to take it back unless it's such a blatant problem that they fear a lawsuit.

If you do plan on taking it back to the dealer to have it looked at it's best to do before you start working on it yourself. Once you start taking things apart, etc. the dealer is going to have an out by saying you messed it up when you worked on it. At any rate, good luck.