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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:38 pm 
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how do i check to see where the problem is coming from. do i remove the dash or check underneath the car( but i couldnt see anything as it seems like it was coming from behide the firewall)?? this is pissing me off.. go fix one problem another one starts.

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:41 pm 
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sounds like a cracked pipe coming from the heater core.


like i said before, but you then said pipe under the manifold, if it is running down the fire wall, and not before you changed the hose, you have either cracked the inlet to the heater core, or crused it when removing the old hose.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:45 pm 
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pull the 2 hoses off from the fire wall and join them together in a loop, don't connect to the heater core, refill and see if leak is still there.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:47 pm 
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ok ill try that tomorrow. if it doesnt leak what does that mean? and if it does leak what does that mean?
cheers thanks your help guys..

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:51 pm 
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if it does not leak it means your heater core is rooted. heater core is a little radiator up under your dash which the fan blows air through to give you warm air in the car. btw you will not have a heater after this experiment. just letting you know
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:00 pm 
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i'm putting my money on the heater core being stuffed

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:02 pm 
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noisuf wrote:
i'm putting my money on the heater core being stuffed


i tend to agree
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:54 pm 
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i connected the hoses together and its still leaking? im starting to worry now if the leak is serious... anymore ideas?? help plz

 

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:51 pm 
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i found the problem but dont know how to fix it. there is a little plastic thing which comes out of the fire wall which i think is broken. what is it attach to and how do i fix it?
if i turn on the fan inside the car even if i turn it to hot or cold it will leak but it i turn the fan off coolant stops leaking..
picture below is of the plastic where the leak is coming out of..

 

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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:53 pm 
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pic of leak

 

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:33 pm 
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im pretty sure thats your A/C drain pipe.

How often do you have to top up your water? ..
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Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:12 pm 
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well when i turn on the fan, coolant keeps on driping out of it. i bypassed the heater raditor so that it doesnt keep on driping even if the car is off. it only drips when i turn on the fans now.

 

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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:07 pm 
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ok i found out that it was the heater core which broke... $500 later its all fix.. now i have to fix the oil leaks :(... which came withthe car from the factory

 

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