New car, only about 6 months old, 22 model. Recently there has been a small coolant leak, not causing overheating and I only noticed because the reservoir was slowly going down.
Took it to dealer under warranty, they said there's a hose leak at both ends that needs to be replaced, fair enough, so I'll have to wait a couple of weeks before I get the hose. The leak is small, and car isn't overheating so no problem, except I just noticed a large build-up of bright orange, rusty looking gunk around a hose going into near the backend of the dashboard of the car. I assume it's the coolant hose but I'm not sure why a coolant hose would be in that position so I can't tell for sure. But I see a small build-up of the same orange colour on the lip of the outside of coolant reservoir.
My concern is the coolant in my car is green and it's a new car, why would this build up near the hose and near the coolant reservoir be bright orange? Is it rust? If so that's a lot of rust inside a new car. I only noticed the orange after I got the car back from inspection at dealers, because the hose is kind of hidden and not near the radiator, but assume the orange was there before. I am still waiting for the new hose.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Is it a Haval?
Doesn't look like a leak or rust to me. Looks like an over flow of sealant from manufacturing process to me. Probably been there from day 1.