99 taurus spewing brown liquid

[cmangus81]

I parked my car tonight and saw smoke. When I popped the hood there was liquid spewing and smoke(probably from touching hot engine). The liquid was brown and I think it might be antifreeze. There was some liquid around the coolant resivoir, but it was spewing from a connection behind the engine in the center. It is a three way connection with two of the connection having metal connectors and one looked like a rubber tube. If this makes sense to anyone please help. Im trying to figure out if its a hose leak or if it has anything to do with the water pump. Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks

[KimMG]

Whatever is leaking is broken. Pressure test the cooling system to identify exactly what is leaking, then replace that part. Flush the cooling system and fill with a 50/50 mix of water and antifreeze.

[cmangus81]

Thanks a bunch for the help.

[cmangus81]

Got the problem fixed. It was a simple T connector that cooling system to heater core. I got a new part put in and the system flushed. The tow cost more than the fix, but it could always be worse.

Thanks again