first i'd like to thank you all for the advice on my ongoing coolant leak. here's the latest news. it's still been leaking intermittantly, so occasionally (probably every two or three days) i'll leave the office and see a sizeable puddle flowing out underneath the front left tire. yesterday was the first time i left the office in daylight in about three weeks, so when i saw the puddle, i decided to investigate. i crawled under the front bumper and opened the hood -some idiot broke the hood release. (and if you guessed that the idiot was me, you were right. . .but that's a whole different problem). anyway, i looked around at all the suggested leak points. the two main radiator-to-engine hoses weren't leaking, nor was the overflow tank and associated hoses, nor were the heater hoses near the back of the engine. well, the one heater hose connects to a pipe and goes under the exhaust manifold to the bottom of the engine (or i followed something else, and i'm just completely lost). here, amid a thick layer of oil crud, is where the coolant drips off. when i had my hands under there, the got coated with some oil -probably from the weekend when i changed oil and mishandled the oil filter. when i came inside to wash my hands, i saw that the oil had the blue-greenish tint of coolant.

so if you've made it through all of that without falling asleep. . .what in that area could be leaking? i know it's not something above that, and the puddle forms directly under that spot, under the front and of the exhaust manifold. thanks for your help.