Q: Something that looks to be oil coolant mix under my 2006 audi a6 quattro. I bought the car drove it home and its been parked since

asked by on January 21, 2018

Something that looks to be oil coolant mix under my 2006 audi a6 quattro. I bought the car drove it home and its been parked since. Initially it was just a little oil dripping here and there so I bought some oil to replace the loss and ran the car for approx. 20 min the next day is when I noticed what my brother says is a coolant oil mix under the car where the oil was initially dripping. No check engine or warning lights and when I drove it home it seemed to drive just fine. Please help, it's hard to pin point due to the car having a cover on the bottom of the car covering underneath the engine. Hoping/praying this isn't expensive.

My car has 111000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

I would recommend starting with a cooling system pressure test. This will determine whether Cooling system leak is. If the coolant is mixed with oil then you will see coolant and oil leaking. Cooling system pressure test can be performed at your home or office by qualified professionals from YourMechanic.

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