Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
04-05-2006, 12:16 AM
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Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
I've got a 97GT with about 145k. Still have the original intake manifold but no serious problems with it yet, actually no leaks from that area at all. For some reason it smells stronger than ever before and in warm weather it is beginning to overheat until I get going and then the needle falls back down behind the "R" in the Normal range for temps.
Is there another type of pump the coolant flows through for the heater? I had a friend mention something about it last week
Like always, any help is greatly appreciated!!
Is there another type of pump the coolant flows through for the heater? I had a friend mention something about it last week
Like always, any help is greatly appreciated!!
04-05-2006, 12:20 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
ORIGINAL: sprostang
Heater core. [&:]
Heater core. [&:]
you have me worried with the [&:]
If it's the heater core is it a job a novice can do or better left to the mechanic?
04-05-2006, 12:25 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
About to head home from work, and I'll check it when I get home. If no coolant in the passenger floor board any other ideas?
What kind of cash for the heater core?
What kind of cash for the heater core?
04-05-2006, 12:33 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
It costs me 463.78 total for my shop to change the heater core... The whole entire dash has to come off just to replace it, so most all of the charge was really just in labor...
04-05-2006, 12:40 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
ORIGINAL: crash94
About to head home from work, and I'll check it when I get home. If no coolant in the passenger floor board any other ideas?
What kind of cash for the heater core?
About to head home from work, and I'll check it when I get home. If no coolant in the passenger floor board any other ideas?
What kind of cash for the heater core?
04-05-2006, 01:22 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
Ive got the same problem xcept my car dosnt leak any coolant what so ever! No water under the glovebox and no coolant missing from the coolant resevior and i can smell the coolant through the ac vents
04-05-2006, 01:25 AM
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RE: Strong coolant smell with A/C going...
if you can get the book and read how a heater core can be exchanged is shouldn't cost you much. also there is a way that you can bypass it. you can bypass th heater core and still have the car work without wasting coolant, but your defrost wont work and neither will your heater. but you will save some money for now until you can figure out how to change it or save money for the shop to do it. the only reason it cost sooo much money is because you have to take sooo much stuff off.