Steam train

After having my car off the road for over a year now i decided today's the day to finnish fitting smithy's stainless rad and hard pipe kit + get her ready for an MOT!

All was going fine, just bleeding the cooling system of air, when there was a big whoosh and what looked like steam blasting out from the front engine bay area, near the bottom, on the passenger side. I quickly turned the engine off and the "steam" died down and stopped within 5 seconds or so.

After a minute i decided to see if i could locate the leak exactly so turned engine back on. It started "steaming" straight away so got down to have a look! Couldn't find the leak, but on the floor was a strange, to me ;), liquid. A kind of thick, clear, syrupy oil which had hundreds of tiny bubbles in it.

Im fairly certain this isn't coolant as the stuff i put in is green and the water level hasnt dropped. I'm guessing it's air con related, but i don't really know. Has anyone had anything similar happen, i searched the forums, but came up with nowt!

If it is air con does anyone know of a faq/tutorial for removing the whole system? Cause i never use it. (that might have something to do with it being off the road though :smash: )

All help hugely appreciated.

Cheers

Pete