Pooled up under supercharger (front side) is a red pool of liquid. I checked the supercharger oil level and its color and it is a yellowish (not sure what color this should be) and the coolant is a slight mixture of greenish and a darker color (im guessing two types were mixed. The red pool of liquid under the supercharger makes me wonder is the Supercharger some how cooled by the transmission lines in any way, or how is the supercharger cooled? The red in the pool of liquid could be rust im assuming but it is not a pool of oil either as I used mobil 1 that has a slight bronze color to it. What could this pool be?

The liquid doesn't taste sweet at all either.

The supercharger is not cooled by anything at all, especially not by any tranny lines. It could be anything though, the color of the liquid can be changed by any dirt or grime in the engine compartment. Take a flame to it and see if it lights, that should help in your diagnosis.

To be honest I'm not really sure what you're describing. Try and get us a picture of it if possible and just keep an eye on it, check to see if it gets bigger or smaller after letting it sit or driving it.

Heres some pics and flame test and pool of liquid.

The light portion of the flame test was some of the red liquid that didn't burn but was exposed to fire.

In the pool the puddle appears green, but when dipping a rag the color is red.

Pool of liquid

Enlarged view of pool of liquid so you can see where its at.


Before burn test

After burn test


As you can see after the burn test some of the red liquid remained on the rag non-burned even though it was on fire.

I think that the high temp gasket that is used is red and could be contributing the red color to this pool but I'm not entirely sure of what it is. I cleaned up what I could, and tried using a turkey baster to pull out the liquid but it wasn't getting enough vacuum so I stuck a bunch of rags in there and swirled them around with a screwdriver.

I stuck a mirror in there as well and didn't notice anything.

Are there any coolant passages that enter near this way or any form of liquid in this area that could be leaking?

It can be one of 3 things gas?antifreeze?oil? Isuspect it is AF and that would lead to a diagnosis of leaking LIM gaskets .Chico(pops)

Almost definitely it is Dex Cool. Looks like you need to buy some s/c and LIM gaskets for a personal Christmas gift...

you tasted it????


looks like coolant to me...

coolent, LIM gasket time,

Didn't the 04+ GP's come from the factory with the upgraded LIM gaskets installed?

LIM gasket already? bummer

It's comments like this that make me mad. People that don't contribute upset me.

It isn't dex cool because I checked what was in overflow tank, and what was in radiator cap, none of these matched it. Is there any explanation of what else could be there because at this point im highly doubting it is coolant.

That comment upsets you? Than don't post dude really you get the most offended at the smallest things people say.

It looks like the same pool where my LIM / UIM was leaking, and the gaskets need to be changed. It sucks.

Its gotta be coolant, no other fluids in the car are red besides the tranny and no way is tranny fluid going to get between the supercharger and Lim.

You need LIM gaskets.

Dont like my comment though its probably true, everyone and their brothers know that LIM gaskets fail on 3800's.

Like boosten said, doubt it all you want but theres no way its tranny fluid.

You are such a whiner about people not posting what you want to hear. It seems like you complain about everything. He was actually consoling you about needing LIM gaskets already.

Have fun replacing gaskets.

cannot be tranny. Tranny doesnt run that high up on the engine, or even in the bay. Tranny fluid doesnt even run through the engine at all. Rust, dex-cool or Prestone, water. Yep. i had all that on my block when my LIMs failed.

While you're at it, replace the blower coupling, inj o-rings, UIM gaskets, valve cover gaskets (if not the valve covers themselves), perhaps the rockers with rollers, and the PCV. Good luck.