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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Even red ATF is a good enough short term solution in an emergency. I would have no hesitation using it if I was stranded and couldn't get the green stuff, but that would definitely require flushing afterwards since it will eventually eat the seals. We're talking many months or even years though, not hours

Just don't ever confuse CHF with Citroen LHM! Same colour, but LHM will eat through concrete

Funny you should say that. I was thinking how similar it looked to LHM and was wondering if there were any other similarities .... I guess not. After years of BX and XM ownership, LHM is one green fluid that I'm very familiar with! Even had the misfortune to taste it once!


Do you happen to know what CHF11S smells like when it's burning? Does it smell like burning plastic by any chance?

Reason I ask is, in the lead up to this loss of fluid, very occasionally there was a smell of burning plastic, and even little puffs of smoke, coming from the engine bay, seemingly from something burning on the exhaust manifold. It was difficult to see what it was and, at the time, there seemed to be no loss of any fluids. I'm suspecting/hoping that it turns out to be the same leak, hopefully one that is simple and cheap to fix.