Car over heating and leaking yellow-ish brown fluid

[brendanl96]

I have a 1990 300zx 2+2 and I was driving my car like normal and i looked at my temp gauge and noticed it was getting high..very high like very close to the top so I got home and let my car cool off and went to go check and noticed a yellow-ish brown fluid leaking in front of my drivers side wheel. I couldn't tell where it was coming from. Can someone help me out please?

[nissangirl74]

That's coolant. The reason it is yellowish-brown is that it hasn't been flushed. Depending on what part of the country you're in, this should be done annually. Drain and flush your system, replace any hoses that have split or dry rotted. Take a look at your thermostat and the gasket too, just for the heck of it. You should be good to go after that. Good luck!

[t.mcginley.jr]

Either the radiator itself has a leak or one of the coolant hoses. There's 2 big coolant hoses coming off the radiator and then some smaller ones throughout the engine bay. It would be helpful if you could locate whereabouts its coming from. You might just need a new radiator