coolant leak!! help

keepinitril

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In the engine compartment, where water comes out when the AC has been used, is now gushing coolant. So rigt now im in the process of taking out the AC unit from under my dash, and now Ive seen some coolant on my mat.

Is this a common thing, what should I do?

And I have the first unit out, that take a vaccuum line to turn on the AC(the same with the fan) now the heating unit is semi-exposed, but Im stuck right now, and cant see where to go from here

 

Turd Tops

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Replace the heater core. I've had to replace them in every Mustang i've owned

 

bubba-dough

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Yep the heater core is a common failure. Its an easy but time consuming task. The dash has to come out, or at least completely loose and pulled away from the firewall.

 

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slow84lx

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Yep. Your heater core has failed you. There are lots of writeups about how to change one out on the net if you do some searching.

You can bypass the heater core temporarily if you need to continue driving the car until you are able to get to it.

 

7upstang91

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slow84lx said:

Yep. Your heater core has failed you. There are lots of writeups about how to change one out on the net if you do some searching.

You can bypass the heater core temporarily if you need to continue driving the car until you are able to get to it.

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Thats what I did. you can get a hose from Auto Zone. or a place like that. no big deal. Well I don't even have a heater core in mine.

 

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markandjay

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IF you look in mustang monthly online they have a how-to on this very project I have a 67 with factory air I was happy I wasn't gonna be the schmoo having to do that. you have my pity.

 

keepinitril

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cool

well, I ended up calling my cousin, and he told me the heater core sprung a leak, so I just bypassed, went to home depot, and got a double male end brass fitting, and Im just driving without a heater

but hey Im in california, there is no winter

 

Turd Tops

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keepinitril said:

well, I ended up calling my cousin, and he told me the heater core sprung a leak

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I guess he did'nt belive us.

 

keepinitril

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shure...

i called my cousin the day it happened, and I posted this before I called him up, I sat on this for several hours, with no input, then I called up my cousin