i have around 50k on my 04 rx8. I have never swapped out the tranny or rear differential fluids, but looking to switch them out around 60k. I have this yellow liquid in my garage that leaks from my 8. It's sorta near the muffler area, and smells like oil and has a very slippery feeling to it. I was just wondering is this tranny or rear differential fluid. I was also wondering if it was a good time to change my coils/ignition wires

 

stop locking the cat in the garage !

Seriously - sounds like diff fluid if it is near the muffler . You need to get underneath and have a look !

 

haha my dog stayed in my garage one night and left some different "yellow liquid" but ill have it looked at. When is usually a good time to replace the coils/igniton wires?

 

idk how your still shifting at 60k from ym own experince at 32,000 miles my tranny was taking a poop getin into 2nd and the drained fluid came out thick and dark. Might be power steering fluid?

 

Yellow and slippery could be brake fluid. There'd probably be a problem with braking and the brake warning light would likely be on, though.

Definitely not power steering fluid. Wrong end of the car, plus the RX-8 has electric power steering.

Ken

 

Pus? Your 8 may have a boil somewhere. Bot fly landed on your car lately?

 

yellow fluid....sounds like antifreeze.