I topped off the coolant tank before work, and when I left the office it was just below the max line. When I parked my car at home, I could see a steady drip up the driveway, and below my car is definitely a pool of coolant starting to form right be/w the front wheels.

I wrote earlier about my bellypan being pushed back when parking too far on a curb, but I don't recall it being pushed anywhere be/w the wheels.

What coolant lines are be/w the wheels, and are these lines/hoses easily bought at a regular auto parts store, or should I buy Volvo for these?

 

Are you sure it's not water from the ac system?

 

I felt and smelled it. It was coolant.

 

here's a photo from under the car last night.

 

Here are some blurry pictures I extracted from a video I shot of the leak tonight. It couldn't focus it with such a short distance be/w the camera and the leak, but I tried to get the snapshots of the area. I hope the pictures give an idea of car parts to the left and right of the leak. The leak is a pretty fast drip once the car has stopped.

I just had my heater core replaced last year, and the passenger side carpet is dry, so I hope I can rule those out.

 

It might be one of the heater hoses at the motor leaking.

 

when leaking, the drip rate is pretty fast. I'm not sure about the conditions that will cause a leak. I added just enough coolant to get it above the min line, and I drove home 2 miles, and there was no drip at all. Before the drive, the car last run a couple hours earlier.

 

you need to get the car up on ramps or something and find it. the pics are to bad for me to tell where it is coming from. is it from the right side of the motor?

 

I'm going to take some better pictures after work today while there's still light outside. I'd say the leak is pretty close to the center be/w the wheels, but maybe more on the driver's side since I was able to get underneath with the car propped up on the factory jack.

 

Well, according to the mechanic, I had a pinhole leak on one of the heater hoses. Under just one pound of pressure, the coolant was spewing out everywhere. He also said some of the other lines looked damaged, possibly caused by the heating and shrinking ...

He suspects that based on how the engine mount looks in proximity to the turbo and something else that the engine mount has gone bad.

The bill is for a little over 4 hours of labor + parts. I usually buy all my parts ahead of time from fcpgroton and then find someone less expensive to do the repair, but since I need the car for a weekend trip, I had to pay the piper. Does 4.4 hours sound excessive?