Leak help

[astrodudepsu]

Came out from work today and saw a big ass puddle right behind the drivers side front wheel well. I immediately popped the hood and checked the following fluid levels:

Coolant (both rad and ic): full
Oil: full
Brake Fluid : full

I couldn't find the power steering fluid.

The liquid is a very light brown almost clear. I got it home and made sure it was me that is leaking, and it is. It's dripping about once every 3-4 seconds. It's coming from whatever this is:

Is that my e-brake cable? Like I said the brake fluid is full.

It is dripping down from that black cable onto the body and then dripping down from there.

So what's going on here?

 

[astrodudepsu]

upon further inspection, it's coolant.

at work it left a puddle about the size of a large pizza box. I've been home for 5 hours and it leaked for about an hour, to the size of a softball. Much much smaller in size.

I hadn't driven the truck in about 3 weeks, could that have caused an excess build up of coolant somewhere that got blown out after the first drive?

 

[2001SVTTRUCK]

First thing that comes to my mind is coolant shouldn't be any color of brown, ever. Second coolant doesn't "build up" from the truck sitting for a few weeks. After long periods of time, hoses and seals can dry out and crack causing a leak you have. I would suggest taking your truck to a trusted Ford mechanic and having him take a look at it. Even if it isn't coolant the only fluids that should be light brown is engine oil and brake fuild, and those are never good leaking.

 

[03LCalgaryAB]

Check to see if your engine oil is light brown. Could be a headgasket?

 

[astrodudepsu]

the big puddle at work had to be a coincidence. a combination of a small puddle of my coolant mixed with a larger puddle of something someone spilled on the ground, because the little puddle i left at my house was all green. And the little puddle today so far is also green. So it's a slow coolant leak out of somewhere. The hoses are all original AFAIK. I'll take it in to get it looked at, as I don't have a lift and couldn't find a hose leaking or dripping yesterday.