I have a coolant type leak coming from the pipe (behind the heating core) located at the fire wall. This pipe is around passenger area engine bay behind the heating core and next to the wire bundle going inside the car. There is nothing connected to it. The liquid looks like is green (may be radiator fluid or refrigerent of the A/C). By touching the liquid looks kind of oily. Does anybody have open pipe at this place and have problem like this. My car has a smell when it is wet out side. I do not know this smell because something leaking from the heat core or just the common problem everybody has. BTW I try to clean the vents with the spray they sell at the Murray's auto parts. I checked the fluid level in coolant tank and it looks OK. Heater is not blowing hot air either. Can not able to check the A/C since it started to get cold around here in Michigan (I had topped off the A/C few weeks ago). My A/C just work on fan speed 1 and 4. Thanks for the help and hope I can resolve this before winter hits when I need the heater.
Please Help, coolant leak at the fire wall
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A picture would help a lot.
Also, 'nothing connected to it' sounds like the hose popped off - do you see a hose/clamp not hooked up to anything?
Leaking freon is not green. So the a/c should be fine. Run it anyway once in a while to keep the seals lubricated
The 'no heat' could be the heater 'door' not hooked up or a bad thermostat (two issues most frequent with this car).
Does the temp gauge work?
Could the previous owner have 'bypassed' the heater core (looped the hose back to the engine) which is done when the heater core springs a leak and you can't swap the heater core?
Also, 'nothing connected to it' sounds like the hose popped off - do you see a hose/clamp not hooked up to anything?
Leaking freon is not green. So the a/c should be fine. Run it anyway once in a while to keep the seals lubricated
The 'no heat' could be the heater 'door' not hooked up or a bad thermostat (two issues most frequent with this car).
Does the temp gauge work?
Could the previous owner have 'bypassed' the heater core (looped the hose back to the engine) which is done when the heater core springs a leak and you can't swap the heater core?
A picture would help a lot.
Also, 'nothing connected to it' sounds like the hose popped off - do you see a hose/clamp not hooked up to anything?
Leaking freon is not green. So the a/c should be fine. Run it anyway once in a while to keep the seals lubricated
The 'no heat' could be the heater 'door' not hooked up or a bad thermostat (two issues most frequent with this car).
Does the temp gauge work?
Could the previous owner have 'bypassed' the heater core (looped the hose back to the engine) which is done when the heater core springs a leak and you can't swap the heater core?
Please see the picture
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An open pipe with nothing connected to it coming out of the interior sure smells like the heater hose is looped back to the motor due to problem with heater core leaking inside the car as was stated above. Not sure what could be leaking tho if that's the case. Probably just sloshing around whatever was left in the heater core while driving. If it was just disconnected & not looped back to motor it'd be spraying with motor running & you'd overheat real quicklike.
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