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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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green dry spot on my front lip ?

I washed the car tonight and found a spot on my front lip about the size of a quarter . No leaks anywhere . No warning lights . About 100 miles since the car was washed last -plus it has been driven in heavy traffic as well as the highway in rain conditions.

First thought - someone else in traffic had a leak and it kicked onto the lip . White car shows green very well.
Second -power steering --but wouldn't that be at the rear ?
Third PDK fluid --but that's at the rear too ?

It washed off with soap and water but did not just rinse off with water alone. It was dry and a very small spot.
Took the car for a drive after washing it . No green spot .

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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by yrralis1
I washed the car tonight and found a spot on my front lip about the size of a quarter . No leaks anywhere . No warning lights . About 100 miles since the car was washed last -plus it has been driven in heavy traffic as well as the highway in rain conditions.

First thought - someone else in traffic had a leak and it kicked onto the lip . White car shows green very well.
Second -power steering --but wouldn't that be at the rear ?
Third PDK fluid --but that's at the rear too ?

It washed off with soap and water but did not just rinse off with water alone. It was dry and a very small spot.
Took the car for a drive after washing it . No green spot .

Any ideas?
How about bird sh*t?

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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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How about bird sh*t?

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either that or you killed a leprechaun

I seem to remember a lot of big green things that kept trying to fly in my mouth, ears..whatever when I was in Florida
 
Old Feb 24, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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either that or you killed a leprechaun

I seem to remember a lot of big green things that kept trying to fly in my mouth, ears..whatever when I was in Florida
I don't think that you'll find a leprechaun here in Miami, there aren't much forests down here...

Chuck, are you sure nobody was trying to throw green Skittles in your face?
 
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Chuck, are you sure nobody was trying to throw green Skittles in your face?
I didn't look like a tourist at the time and having had the misfortune to actually taste one of them you are close....it was a s*ittle not a Skittle

look it up...S*ittle = large, hairy, green, flying something that proliferates on the Florida penninsula
 

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I didn't look like a tourist at the time and having had the misfortune to actually taste one of them you are close....it was a s*ittle not a Skittle

look it up...S*ittle = large, hairy, green, flying something that proliferates on the Florida penninsula
I tried googling it, it doesn't show anything... Google says: did you mean Shuttle
 
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I am feeling better now
I saw 6 posts and imagined anything.
It was the color of this little geen icon.

Come to think of it I did drive behind a lawn maintenance truck on US1 . I'll give it a few days and update if it returns .
 
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Originally Posted by yrralis1
I am feeling better now
I saw 6 posts and imagined anything.
It was the color of this little geen icon.

Come to think of it I did drive behind a lawn maintenance truck on US1 . I'll give it a few days and update if it returns .
Relax Larry, I don't think there is anything in the front of the car that would leave a green mark...

The only thing that comes to mind are the radiators in the front...
 
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Originally Posted by sin911
Relax Larry, I don't think there is anything in the front of the car that would leave a green mark...

The only thing that comes to mind are the radiators in the front...

I had that issue with Mini Cooper S and it turned out to be a leak in thermostat housing...it was greenish fluid in front of driver side wheel...I thought it was windshield wiper fluid at first but one day my engine overheated and they discovered I had bad thermostat housing...but I have no idea where this is on your Porsche....
 
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yrralis 1: I would not worry about it too much unless this recurs.
 
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First thing that comes to mind for me is green coolant. Possible?
 
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the radiator is reasonably far back from the front bumper and if there was a leak there would be a lot more coolant visible than a single drop in that location...could be coolant from another vehicle
 
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Perhaps water/condensation dripping from a copper tube somewhere?
 
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Larry,
Dont u guys in Florida have alot of these running around? Maybe a small piece of one????


 


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