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There is antifreeze leaking out of a hole in the passenger side fire wall in the engine bay below where the lines go into the cab for the heater core. Is there supposed to be something hooked up there or is it a drain hole?
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Typically you will find the heater core sits inside the dash just inside the fire wall of the engine compartment, from the engine bay you can follow the water lines from the cooling system and water pump that go back to the fire wall and through to the heater core, find those to hoses together and the heater core is on the other side under the dash, usually under passenger side under dash behind the heater box, they are usually labor intensive to pull, and some require pulling the dash partly off etc.
i dont believe, it,
get it hot, then coolant reaches, 12-14psi, and if there
is a leak, look, take your time, its there.
below engine or below cab heater core. (passengers feet wet?)
you said leak ,that implies to out side the engine.
all engines bad can leak inside, so can the A/T cooler fail
and send AF coolant to the A/T pan.
if you really mean the rad juice keeps dropping say that
that be a totally different answer.
There is a module on the fire wall of the passenger side engine bay. It's a $20 part. it is just below the heater core hoses that go into the firewall (2 of them, easier access by removing, watch for antifreeze spill) there will be a rectangular plastic piece with a plug coming out of it approximately 3-4 inches wide with 2 screws. use a 7mm (i believe) socket to remove. This is a "BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR" order from ford or online, replace the resistor by unplugging the old one and putting in the new one. Watch for burnt cracked plugs. You may need the plug too, but if you can get around it, just hard wire it directly in place where the pins line up.
The only antifreeze that goes into your car is two hoses (one in, one out of firewall, behind engine) that connect to what looks like a mini radiator. This is called the heater core. Usually this leaks to the passenger side, however it simply has to be your heater core leaking. Tell them to connect those two hoses together instead of running them into fire wall, and if the problem stops, which it will, to replace the heater core. How big is the leak by the way?
Is the leaking liquid antifreeze or clear water? Anti freeze is slimy. Ck your AC drain . its under the blower housinfg under the hood on the fire wall. The drain is easier to seeb from below looking yp. Squeeze it open and make sure it's clear. Good luck -Ned_
Stop the car as this sounds like a heater core leak which will eventually drain the water from the engine cooling system and sieze your engine
Try undoing the two hoses in the engine bay area going through the fire wall to the passenger side. Thes two hose can be blanked of or even joined to reseal the coolant within the engine untill yuo can have the leak repaired. Note check the coolant level when engine has cooled prior to trying this fix.Hope this helps
Hi , if you lift up your passenger side floor carpet and check underneath if there any coolant. If it`s dry you know the leak is in the engine bay ,if it`s wet could be either inside or outside of the firewall. In the engine bay check the hose clamps on both side of the hose if you can tight them or if one a those spring clamps try to reposition them. If you have hose clamp right at the firewall then you can easily change the hoses otherwise you have to access it from under or worst case behind the dash. Hope that helps.
Hi Tommy Parry, not totally sure on your problem but would suspect the heater core which is a radiator device inside the passenger compartment. The hot engine water is feed through the fire wall into the heater core when you select heat on the heater. either the heater core is leaking which is an expensive repair or the pipes maybe rubber pipes have a hole in them and checking them in the engine bay especially the hose clamps in the engine bay where the hoses are feed into the passenger compartment may be a starting point.
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