I just bought an '04 rx8 6 speed m/t with 58,000 miles on it last week. I fell in love with the car instantly, and have no regrets on the purchase! 2 days ago I noticed some yellow fluid spots on the snow in my family's driveway, (at the time I didn't think anything of it since there are a couple older vehicles regularly driven on the driveway with some small leaks like this)... Earlier today I brought the car to my local Mazda dealer to have the 60,000 mile service done( being that its about that time and I breathe easier knowing exactly when the car was serviced last) They performed a "complete inspection" and "ran through the car with a fine toothed comb". The only problem they found was the broken wires for the 3rd brake light (which I was already aware of and plan on fixing this weekend).... When I got home tonight on the freshly cleaned driveway I parked by the garage and let the car idle while I opened the door, and pulled it in. That's when I noticed the yellowish fluid was from my beloved new(used) car!! My first thought was coolant leak, but I pulled some coolant from the cars over flow and compared the color in the snow with the spot from the car and they are completely different. It does not look like oil or gear lube either. It does like very similar to the gas from my dad's snow blower though.

I have searched this forum for similar threads and the only fuel leak ones I have found have been from leaking lines near the top of the fuel pump(I have looked under the access panels of both sides of my fuel tank and everything appears to be completely dry. I have not had a chance to get the car in the air and really crawl under and look(hopefully tomorrow), but from what I can see laying next to the car with a flash light everything seems pretty dry around the fuel tank/lines.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is it maybe not fuel? if not, what could it be? any suggestions on what my next step in figuring this out should be?

Sorry if there was a thread related to this already I'm a noob and probably a baddie with searching. Any and all Help/suggestions will be much appreciated and

 

Got to get under the car today and everything seems normal and dry, and no spots in the snow now, even after I refilled the tank... Will keep watching it and still take any advice anyone has to offer but for now I guess I'll just keep driving it and wait for it to come back or not **crosses fingers**