by "Steve W." <csr684NOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM
evodawg wrote:
> Steve W. wrote:
>
>> evodawg wrote:
>>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall.
Seems
>>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
>>> plastic box
>>> or cover where the 2 AC lines go in. The fluid appears to be radiator
>>> fluid, it has the greenish color and does not appear to be Refrigerant
>>> from
>>> the AC, and the AC works great but has a strange radiator smell to it.
>>> My original thinking was it was the heater box but the lines are to
far
>>> away from the leak, around the middle of firewall.
>>>
>>> Any Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Welcome to heater core hell.....
>> Sounds like a small leak BUT it will get bigger. It is leaking and
>> draining out the A/C drain.
>>
> Well that's what I was afraid of. Hey I live in California and I never
use
> the heat that often could I just join the 2 heater hoses together and
> bypass the heater core? for a quick fix?
Yes.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
by "Steve W." <csr684NOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM
evodawg wrote:
> Steve W. wrote:
>
>> evodawg wrote:
>>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall.
Seems
>>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
>>> plastic box
>>> or cover where the 2 AC lines go in. The fluid appears to be radiator
>>> fluid, it has the greenish color and does not appear to be Refrigerant
>>> from
>>> the AC, and the AC works great but has a strange radiator smell to it.
>>> My original thinking was it was the heater box but the lines are to
far
>>> away from the leak, around the middle of firewall.
>>>
>>> Any Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Welcome to heater core hell.....
>> Sounds like a small leak BUT it will get bigger. It is leaking and
>> draining out the A/C drain.
>>
> Well that's what I was afraid of. Hey I live in California and I never
use
> the heat that often could I just join the 2 heater hoses together and
> bypass the heater core? for a quick fix?
Yes.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
by "Steve W." <csr684NOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM
evodawg wrote:
> Steve W. wrote:
>
>> evodawg wrote:
>>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall.
Seems
>>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
>>> plastic box
>>> or cover where the 2 AC lines go in. The fluid appears to be radiator
>>> fluid, it has the greenish color and does not appear to be Refrigerant
>>> from
>>> the AC, and the AC works great but has a strange radiator smell to it.
>>> My original thinking was it was the heater box but the lines are to
far
>>> away from the leak, around the middle of firewall.
>>>
>>> Any Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Welcome to heater core hell.....
>> Sounds like a small leak BUT it will get bigger. It is leaking and
>> draining out the A/C drain.
>>
> Well that's what I was afraid of. Hey I live in California and I never
use
> the heat that often could I just join the 2 heater hoses together and
> bypass the heater core? for a quick fix?
Yes.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
by "Steve W." <csr684NOT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 15, 2008 at 11:44 PM
evodawg wrote:
> Steve W. wrote:
>
>> evodawg wrote:
>>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall.
Seems
>>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
>>> plastic box
>>> or cover where the 2 AC lines go in. The fluid appears to be radiator
>>> fluid, it has the greenish color and does not appear to be Refrigerant
>>> from
>>> the AC, and the AC works great but has a strange radiator smell to it.
>>> My original thinking was it was the heater box but the lines are to
far
>>> away from the leak, around the middle of firewall.
>>>
>>> Any Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Welcome to heater core hell.....
>> Sounds like a small leak BUT it will get bigger. It is leaking and
>> draining out the A/C drain.
>>
> Well that's what I was afraid of. Hey I live in California and I never
use
> the heat that often could I just join the 2 heater hoses together and
> bypass the heater core? for a quick fix?
Yes.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
