Coolant leaking inside car floor?
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Coolant leaking inside car floor?
Hello, man I am p off'd! I smell radiator fluid in my car yesterday and then checked under the hood and found no leaks. Today I get in car and it smells strong now, I noticed a wet spot on passenger floor mat, went over and found a puddle of anti freeze under floor mat!!! What the hell is this, did anybody else ever have this happen. I try to keep car mint 42k miles and these hings keep happening to me from one to another, what is this anybody? Andy
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Heater core gone. Located under dashboard. Couple people on board have said it takes a little over hour. Never replaced in third, but another car I did took all day.
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Thank you! I will take it to the shop Monday morning to replace. Andy
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Where in dash then, I do not use heater (Florida), please help!!! ANdy
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Where in dash then, I do not use heater (Florida), please help!!! ANdy
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Car: 82 Camaro Z28, 88 IROC-Z
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You must have a heater core leak. Your car is 16 years old; now and then some of the aging parts will die and need to be replaced.
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I have an 82 Z 28, original owner, and I just found a receipt last week for a heater core replacment in the early 90s, when the car was 10 - 12 years old.
Its no fun to keep having parts break
but they were not designed too last forever.
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I have an 82 Z 28, original owner, and I just found a receipt last week for a heater core replacment in the early 90s, when the car was 10 - 12 years old.
Its no fun to keep having parts break
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Drain your coolant.
There are two small hoses going into the firewall on the pass side.
Disconnect the two hoses and connect them together with a coupling.
You will only need two hose clamps and the coupler.
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Thanks, yeah I know and REALLY LOVE these cars, but I bought it 4 years ago for 11k with 8900 miles. It has been one thing after another, I can list a ton of stuff, car was stored by original owner and I take care of it as if it were 100k plus type of car. This is why I laugh at the Firehawk people wantinh top dollar becasue the new owners are going to have to replace a ton of stuff to drive it daily. I have my photos on F Quick and my name is 1991Formula350 there too, funny because I sold that one, I should change my name to 1991Formula305 now. Andy
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Firstfirebird, Thanks, do you know any south florida F body car hand outs, we are a rare breed down here! I am in Miami Lakes! ANdy
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Firstfirebird, Thanks, do you know any south florida F body car hand outs, we are a rare breed down here! I am in Miami Lakes! ANdy
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I type without looking at screen, sorry. I mean a monthly hang out oor third gen meeting. Remeber the Tower shops by I595 and University 10 years ago, the good days before the import jerks.
I looked at engine bay, The hose is about 1" right, do I need to go under car to do or am I looking at wrong ones, Thanks! Andy
I looked at engine bay, The hose is about 1" right, do I need to go under car to do or am I looking at wrong ones, Thanks! Andy
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I took it to Goodyear shop today to bypass since I have brakes leaking again, another 588.00 bill. Man this is getting old, will try to detail and maybe sell, my wife said enough is enough with repair. I am afraid to drive anymore, I woill post on correct section on replacements to see if anyone else beats me. Andy
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I took it to Goodyear shop today to bypass since I have brakes leaking again, another 588.00 bill. Man this is getting old, will try to detail and maybe sell, my wife said enough is enough with repair. I am afraid to drive anymore, I woill post on correct section on replacements to see if anyone else beats me. Andy
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Car: 92RS 25th Anniv./88 IROC Z28 Vert
Engine: 305 TBI w/Tpi Air / 305 TPI
Transmission: 700r4/700r4
Axle/Gears: Posi
Sell if you must but once you get these cars right where everything is working boy are they a lot of fun.
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Car: Blue 89' RS
Engine: 5.7L
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
I took it to Goodyear shop today to bypass since I have brakes leaking again, another 588.00 bill. Man this is getting old, will try to detail and maybe sell, my wife said enough is enough with repair. I am afraid to drive anymore, I woill post on correct section on replacements to see if anyone else beats me. Andy
Sorry, but that is some BS. Just purchase our $20.00 haynes or chilton (or both) manuals... read up and ask us, do it yourself.
I did it w/o taking out the dash, it took 2 hours by myself on a mildly warm day.... but until i got to that day, i took a $1.50 piece of fitting & connected my 2 hoses (inside the engine bay) to each other, very easy... and I learned something.
Spend a couple of hours getting to know your car, or spend a weeks worth of pay and complain... your choice.
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Car: 87IROC, 740iBMW, 328iBMW, 86GMC
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Axle/Gears: 3.27, 3.42
Heater core replacement isnt that hard to do. Tight quarters, sure. You could probably do the job right in a weekend. New replacement cores cost less than $50. The two hoses, if you purchase correctly formed style cost almost as much as the heater core. The lower clamp on the 90 deg formed hose is a little hard to get to. And you might also want to replace the heater control bypass valve.
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Thanks for the help everyone! Yeah I should look up the stuff to repair, but time is an issue.
Please no cheap shots on wages, I can assure you I could buy a new car upwards of 60k if I choose, I complain because like I said this was a stored car, not a beat up high mileage car.
Firstfirebird, I will pm with info, thanks everyone! ANdy
Please no cheap shots on wages, I can assure you I could buy a new car upwards of 60k if I choose, I complain because like I said this was a stored car, not a beat up high mileage car.
Firstfirebird, I will pm with info, thanks everyone! ANdy
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I think alot of times we forget that these cars are 20+ years old. Even when you think everything has been replaced, something breaks. In the last 2 years I have put 3000 miles on the bird. It has 169000 on it. I paid 2500.00 for it and have proably spent another 5000.00 in it in repairs. (It runs great but I would trade for a second gen or lemans in a minute. LOL) I waiting for the price spike when the 09 comes out. If it has the same resurgence of the mustang, we will all be smiling.![nod](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif)
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I just did mine, it took me a while to figure out as i had half the dash off, but if you remove the ECM you can get to the bolts easy. Next time, i should be done alot quicker, but hopefully there wont have to be another one placed in.
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Correct me if this doesnt make sense but... I think the main problem with the southern cars dumping their heater cores is the fact that the heat isnt used. I only drive my firebird in the summer, so the heat is never used, and sure enough bam, had to do the heater core, i seen coolant on the floor too... Its my understanding that if the temperature control **** isnt in the "hot" position then coolant doesnt flow thru the heater core due to the bypass valve- coolant can become very stagnant over time which should help to explain the rot... So dont forget to run your heater every now n then to get the juices flowin.
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