Okay guys, I'm a girl and not a mechanic so go easy on me! Took my '81 380 sl for a spin yesterday. Only about a 10 mile cruise around town. About a mile from my house I noticed a faint smell...the one you get when a radiator hose bursts....steamy, sweet. Look at the temp guage, it was right around 90. So I thought maybe it was another car and went on home. Pulled in the driveway and low and behold it was leaking fluid from the bottom at a faucet turned on pace!! The leak was coming from towards the rear of the engine, right in the center. There's some sort of plate there with a little hole that the fluid was coming out of. Checked the coolant level in the tank...empty! stuck a pan under the car to catch some of the fluid it's antifreeze with oil in it. Let it sit overnight, Cuz it was dark when I got home, went out this morning the coolant level in the tank was back to just a little below the fill line. The oil could be from run off the engine, the car does burn oil at a very slow pace, you only get a whif of burning oil very seldom and I never have to add between changes. What should I look for? I will take it to a mechanic, but I'm new to the town I live in and don't know the local benz mechanic. Just want to get an idea of what to expect. Thanks guys!!!!