It seems to be near the very front of the car (under the rear edge of the front bumper), driver's side of centre. Washer bottle would have been my first thought if it was closer to the front-right corner of the car
What Have You Done to Your Cougar Today?
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It seems to be near the very front of the car (under the rear edge of the front bumper), driver's side of centre. Washer bottle would have been my first thought if it was closer to the front-right corner of the car
If 'windscreen' is selected the AC is automatically activated and the drain for it is further back behind the front subframe.
Is it water or oil of some description?
I haven't been able to determine this yet - when I go out in the morning I'll see if I can have a longer look, just haven't had time to look at it too closely today
Don't do this. You should use your AC at least once a month to keep the clutch exercised and everything lubricated.
Perhaps should have said it's "infrequently" used. I'll switch it on once or twice every couple of months (to clear a steamed-up windscreen quicker if nothing else, which probably means it gets more use in winter than summer). I just don't use it much more often than that.
Just dipped a finger in the puddle - it's watery, brownish, slightly greasy feeling but not like oil, no real smell to it either. Would it be water/coolant possibly discoloured by the muck it runs through on it's way to the ground (or by the ground itself)? That's my wild guess at the moment
has it done this more than once?
thought mine had a leak in this area once...turned out some c*** had let his dog p*** up my car.
could have been a pressure release from the expansion tank though..they sometimes do this when stopped when the cooling fans are on.
Possibly. I think I might have spotted a small puddle under it last week, but (as usual for me at the moment) I didn't have time to look too closely. It certainly isn't doing it all the time. I'll have to take a proper look under it at the weekend (come Sunday I'm free of this god-awful job of mine), and I'll start a new thread in the Problems section to avoid cluttering up this thread any further.
It's only going to be one of two things; washer fluid - probably leaking from around one of the pumps - or coolant from the radiator bottom hose.
Washer fluid will have a distinctive smell, but won't be 'greasy'. Coolant on the other hand, will be. Look for white furry deposits around the radiator stub; you might find out that you're about to lose the hose clip, which happened to me once.
Incidentally, coolant is sweet-tasting. I don't recommend putting a dab of it on your tongue, but if you do, immediately rinse your mouth out with milk and spit it out.
Washer fluid will have a distinctive smell, but won't be 'greasy'. Coolant on the other hand, will be. Look for white furry deposits around the radiator stub; you might find out that you're about to lose the hose clip, which happened to me once.
Incidentally, coolant is sweet-tasting. I don't recommend putting a dab of it on your tongue, but if you do, immediately rinse your mouth out with milk and spit it out.
Getting My baby ready for Fest - washed, Machine polished (now lunch) then back to wax her 
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