Heater Core drain?

Jaswir

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I found coolant leaking out of a drain on the firewall just below the two lines that connect to the heater core! I take it my heater core is shot?

 

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Yup, pretty much!!

 

Jaswir

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thanks, thats what i thought... just gonna by-pass it im not taking out my dash to replace that... for now...

 

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yep, no drain for the heater core, just a straight through. Double check your hoses on the firewall just to be certain.

 

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http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/5652/index.html

 

Jaswir

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well im leaking coolant out of a drain in the firewall down by the header? No drain? then why am i leaking coolant out of the firewall?

 

SuperStang83

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weep hole

 

Jaswir

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so is that my heater core? Do i need to change it or not? i got two different people saying things?

 

BlownFiveLiter

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More than likely, yes, the heater core is shot. The weep hole will drain coolant if the heater core is bad.

 

SuperStang83

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Exactly what StangGT said. When the heater core goes it drains throught the weep hole so that it doesn't go into the car as much. You will need to replace it, and it really isn't as hard as everyone thinks. I just did one 2 weeks ago, and it wasn't that bad.

 

jammer84_03

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for kicks and giggles, take both hoses off and take a garden hose to the outlet side and give a lil blast. over time my gummed up and i had an issue with it. one blast and i was good as new! but thats just my 2 cents on what i think was a lucky break.

 

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jammer84_03 said:

for kicks and giggles, take both hoses off and take a garden hose to the outlet side and give a lil blast. over time my gummed up and i had an issue with it. one blast and i was good as new! but thats just my 2 cents on what i think was a lucky break.

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That won't fix a leaking heater core!

 

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TokyoJoe

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lol, then he'll just be leaking water. Sorry for the confusion, all I meant was the core itself doesn't have an installed drain. but of course if it leakes inside that big plastic box it's going to funnel down to where you see it coming out thats all. And it's really not that big a deal to change. Just take your time and keep track of all the little boltscrews and pull slowly

 

Jaswir

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i already bypassed it, thanks guys! I will replace it soon!

 

SuperStang83

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LOL, no you won't.

 

Jaswir

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lol, it will be awhile... i live in FL so don't really need it.... but i will replace it... When i took off one of the hoses to the heater core the metal piping came right off out of the firewall! So it was pretty bad... lol

 

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If you need a hand when you decide to replace it let me know. I have replaced them in my 88 and in my 93.

 

Jaswir

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will keep that in mind! Thank's!