I smell Anti-Freeze

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tjh566

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• Apr 20, 2007

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Ok, for a little bit now ive smelt anit-freeze inside my car, if you turn on the heat it gets really strong for a mins or 2 then goes away. Coolant level is staying up, ive been checking it often.

Does my heater core have a slow leak or is something else wrong?

If its the heater core how does one go about replacing that?

 

RFMustangGT

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• Apr 21, 2007

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hop ethat it is not a heater core cause you have to take the dash out. I blew and I had a 700 repair bill from ford cause it took a ton of labor to rip the dash out.

 

94CobraPace

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Sounds like the heater core.. I just did one in my 01 V6 driver. It took me all saturday, I'm too cheap to pay someone else to do it. What a pain. The steering wheel, center console & the entire dash. Had to evac the AC system also.

 

trav_19

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yeah hope its not the heater core but if it is your carpet will get really wet when she goes so it will be ovious

 

mo_dingo

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• Apr 21, 2007

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Instead of repairing the heater core, I would remove the two heater hoses and pour some alumaseal into the tubes. It should patch the hole - it did on mine.
Scott

 

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tjh566

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Good Idea, Ill try that

 

trav_19

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who needs a heater anyways lol mine dont and unless its your dd it would be easy to eliminate it from the firewall then deal with replacing it lol....unless that alumaseal works then your good