1995 Ford Mustang battery/oil leakage

Is it motor oil, trans fluid, battery acid. That you saw under the car? Also, can you tell me aprox where it was located in relationship to the engine?

Joe

That is interesting language. I've never seen it before. If it shows up again, please ignore it and I will get back with you. I'll report it to the owner of the site.

AS far as your car, first, nice picture. I would love to have one. Regardless, I need you to first make sure the battery is fully charged. If you have a volt meter, simply check how many volts the battery is producing. Then have a helper try to start the engine. See if there is a large drop in voltage.

Let me know what you find. By the way, as long as there was oil on the dipstick, I doubt there is any major problems with the engine, even with the small oil leak you saw.

Let me know about the battery and then we'll move on.

Joe

I'm glad to help. Honestly, let me know what you find after your friend looks it over for you. I'm not interested in making money, but rather helping. I have a feeling the engine is fine and there is a problem with the ignition switch, starter, or starter relay. Have your friend check those things. In fact, if you are there, have him check for power to the small wire on the starter while you turn the key to the start position. He should get 12+ volts. If he does, have him remove the starter (disconnect the battery first), and take the starter to a parts store. Every store that I have ever been too has will bench test them for free.

If there is no power, ask him/her to check for power to the starter relay. If there is power in and not out, replace the relay (a cheap fix). If there is no power to the relay, then we need to check the ignition switch on the steering column (not the tumbler where the key goes, but rather the electrical switch that the tumbler attaches to).

Let me know what you find, and don't worry. Based on everything you mentioned, I feel confident the engine is fine. The oil you see could be a slight leak from the drain plug, oil filter, oil pan gasket. Small oil leaks are very common on cars when they start getting older. Speaking of luck, I live in Pennsylvania. I have a huge brake fluid leak. It's 2 degrees and I just went down my driveway, hit the brakes, felt a pop, and the pedal almost went to the floor. Not a good feeling. It's old, but always runs. It's an old Dakota with 220K on it and I use it to plow my driveway, so I need it. I'm starting to hate snow. Even though I need to fix it now, I look at it like this. I have no car payment, it always gets me where I have to go, and if I have to put a few bucks in it from time to time, it's better than a 4 or 5 hundred dollar car payment every month. IT's a 93, so it has served me well, and I plan to keep it for another 100K.

Ovi, I have to ask where you are from. I noticed that you ended your note with "Cheers". Over the years, I have had many people end their post with that and was wondering if you are in a different country, or where the dialect is from. You can let me know if you want. If you don't, I understand.

Take care, don't worry, and I'll be looking for your post on Monday.

Joe

All I can say is WOW! What a life. I now feel bad you left your home, but am happy you did. The USA got a great and talented person. I looked at your site and it is great! You are truly an artist, and yes I recognized many of the pictures. Believe it or not, I'm a school teacher. I teach 11th and 12 grade English. I do have the students create a story board for an advertisement unit that I teach, but I could learn a lot from you. My sister is an art teacher. So even though we are far apart, we closer than you think. My family came from Italy. My parents moved here in 1950. However, that is nothing compared to what you lived through.

Being a teacher, I have a few students that want to study Art and are great at it. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations? I live in a small town, so many of the people here are not too wealthy, but have kids with great talent, but not too much money to send them to good schools which is upsetting. I try to help them any way I can.

Listen, I would love to talk more with you. However, could you email me at jfelicia@wiu.K12. Pa. Us That is my personal email. That way I can keep personal emails off this site.

By the way, I do have my ASE Master Certification in auto mechanics. I was a purchasing agent and technical consultant (auto fleet department) for the Xerox Corp. For 6 years before I got my certification to teach in PA. Now, 14 years into teaching, I wouldn't trade it for anything, but I still love working on cars. That is why I work on this site.

Regardless, I look forward to hearing from you, and enjoy the warm weather. I envy you.

And by the way, based on your work, why are you driving a Mustang? You should be in a Ferrari!

Joe