Black Spots Under The Hood
 

Does anyone know what these black spots are? They're on the driver's side under the hood, midway up. Any feedback is much appreciated.

I don't drive hard, mainly freeway/highway driving, and just passed 10k (bought it new at the end of April). No mods aside from a K&N drop in filter. Also it's a manual transmission.

Bug poop?

Under the hood though?

I tried searching, and any problems people had were on the passenger side O_o

are they liquid or solid?

Did you have it undercoated? Appears to have happened all at the same time as there is little overlap or layering.

It seems to be liquid. I've wiped it off once, and they came back.

No undercoating.

HMMM Odd. The fact you cleaned it up and it came back explains the lack of layering but also means it isn't a one off thing. Now I gotta go look at mine!

Have you checked all your fluid levels lately? Especially the oil.

Oh man, this is really making me want to go look under my hood.
Hopefully it's nothing terrible!

Don't claim to be CSI but my job does entail analyzing spatter patterns sometimes. This one has relay grabbed my interest.
So what we can tell (so far) from the info we have received or can reasonably deduce from the picture is:
1) It came from pretty much straight below - Almost perfectly round spots
2) It is fairly low velocity - Not smeared or "spider webbed"
3) It is liquid - OPs statement
4) It has repeated - Was wiped up and came back
5) is not to frequent - Not much overlap or blending

Took a look and didn't see any obvious source under the hood.
Does it have any odour?

taste it.

Only if you already know what you fluids taste like!
Mind you I have had a mouthful of oil more then once over the years.

Yeah, this is odd.

I checked the oil a couple of weeks ago. No drop in level or even change in color (it still looks fresh).

No odor under the hood or when driving.

I'll pass :lol:

I'll touch it with my finger and take a waft so see if there's an odor tho. lol

Damn this is a mystery. What is under the hood that could be greased or lubed? Drive shaft is further under the car. Is there something there that could be rotating and throwing this liquid.

Is it anywhere else? on the engine or tranny? or battery? does it drip at all? Put some cardboard under it and let the car sit for as long as you can. See if it collects something.