Best way to find a miscalanious leak?

[HKG3A3]

As you may or may not know, my v6 has lost a load of fluids, from bad maintenance or just failure im not sur but everything is low.

Whats the best way to find out were its coming from?

I was thinking gunking the engine on a dry day and seeing what happens first?

 

[F7OUD]

Place cardboard under the engine bay on the floor and that will tell you the area it is leaking from, or it will give you a good idea where to look.

 

[lazybones]

which fluid level are you losing, if the engine bay is covered in oil it would need to be cleaned before you would be able to find or trace a leak as if engine bay is covered in oil you would struggle to find where its coming from, as it would be dripping everywhere, is there a distinct colour to fluid being lost, if you could give some more info it would help

 

[pauldf1971]

from a previous thread he posted the colour is the same as atm fluid,so if its an auto its either the box or the steering

 

[Quicksilver]

Try removing the under tray so that any drips fall straight on to the floor rather than them collecting on the tray and then dripping off at the lowest point.