Mystery Tire Fluid

Bryce Frazier · Sep 17, 2014

Got a flat on our little Yanmar tractor, went to the shop to put a little air in it ( more of a leak than a flat )

I pop the cap off of the valve stem, and I stick the pressure gauge on it, and something starts dripping out the gauge???

We have owned the tractor for a long time, and the previous owner bought it new in 1989, and we were told that there wasn't any ballast in it, and it sure does feel that way!!!

Anyway, the first thing I notice is that the fluid is odor less, NO smell what so ever.

It looks like slightly watered-down red antifreeze? But that would smell/feel like antifreeze?!?!?!

Not sure what it is? Never seen calcium chloride before, but I assume it has a nasty smell to it? I can't smell this stuff?? Any idea as to what it might be?? Bryce

in-too-deep · Sep 17, 2014

Might be RV antifreeze. That smells kinda minty. Might be windshield washer fluid. I've seen some of that stuff has a pink/red tint to it. Take a tiny little taste off the tip of your finger. If salty, it's calcium chloride. If you get sick and die, it wasn't my idea.

Bryce Frazier · Sep 17, 2014

Good call, I'll let you know what I find. :

;P Bryce

hd6gtom · Sep 17, 2014

cal has very little smell to it. It can have a redish tint to it, most doesn't. If you get it on your shoes, they will look like elf shoes in the morning.

caterpillar guy · Sep 20, 2014

If you live in the south below any major frost, and the tire is tubeless it might just be water. The rust from the rim will give it the reddish color.

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