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 Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
#975293
12/06/09 03:56 PM
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![[Linked Image]](http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/624/1005555small.jpg) The front pass side carpet is soaked with coolant <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Coolant seems to be dropping from the port/opening where the arrow points which is directly behind the center console. I'm guessing the heater hoses on the inside of the firewall? Any other possibilities? So I have to remove the all the junk in front of it? Sounds like fun <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> Any wise words would be greatly appreciated. At least I know where my coolant leak is now. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
'97 Montero 'LSR' - 4.6 gears & factory rear locker, 33" Procomp muds on 15x8 steelies, 50mm coil spacers, T-bar crank, Airlift, sans rear sway, 50mm rear frame & fuel tank lift, Aisins, ARB front bumper + 10k lb winch, 50mm DIY body lift, rock sliders, cut rear quarter panels...
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 Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: Mad_Scientist]
#975294
12/06/09 04:29 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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Sorry on that ...At least you know ...Got in one of my cars the other day ..Hit the heater and got the sweet smell of a leak .. I wonder what they were thinking when they made car heaters.. Good luck
David
Hazardous Toys inc
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: haztoys]
#975295
12/06/09 05:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2008
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not sure about your montero, but when coolant has leaked in my rigs, it's always been the heater core. the hoses are in the engine bay, so no hoses are inside. the core is like a small radiator.
'88 Raider. 2.6L dead...2.4L swap in progress, AT, 33's, 2 bouncy seat,AC, CC, 2.25 exh, 2" Tbar, 2" BL, rear DB, rear LSD,4.90's, SW hubs,gen2 uca's, KYB shocks, snorkel, elec fan, MSD.
'99 chev k3500 crewcab
'15 Subaru XV
'03 BMW i325
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: haztoys]
#975296
12/06/09 05:31 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I wonder what they were thinking when they made car heaters.. Good luck
they should have made heater cores easy to remove!
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: GreatWhiteShark]
#975297
12/06/09 05:45 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
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my heater core had a crack in it before. pretty easy to do on the Gen1, no idea about the Gen2. My biggest concern would be disarming those airbags before getting too far into it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />
Richard E 1989 Montero - Stock-ish 1989 V6 Auto Raider - 5.3 Vortech Swap. 1987 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6t, soon to be 3.5 1983 Honda XL600R 
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: GreatWhiteShark]
#975298
12/06/09 05:49 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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I wonder what they were thinking when they made car heaters.. Good luck
they should have made heater cores easy to remove! Not sure why they must build the car around the heater core .. Then a few cars its four screws and its out .. Strange ..Some Ford Rangers are cake..Then they give a Mustang thats just a "root canal" to get the heater core out .. Can't help on a 97 never done one .. Sorry once more David Hazardous Toys inc
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: haztoys]
#975299
12/06/09 06:23 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
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Body Damage is Cool
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If you can pull the carpet out and rinse the anti-freeze out of it. You'll appreciate it next summer.
89 SWB, V-6 5SPD, OME Shocks, 16.5X37's, 2"BL, SR axle, Gen2 brakes, Lincoln w/Superwinch
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: zarktheshark]
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12/06/09 07:15 PM
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Thanks guys You're right. I had another look at the FSM and the solid pipes go through the firewall. Guess I'll have to hunt for a core. I wonder if the core off that diesel gen2 that torquemaster is parting out is the same PN. It's MN188337 for mine.
'97 Montero 'LSR' - 4.6 gears & factory rear locker, 33" Procomp muds on 15x8 steelies, 50mm coil spacers, T-bar crank, Airlift, sans rear sway, 50mm rear frame & fuel tank lift, Aisins, ARB front bumper + 10k lb winch, 50mm DIY body lift, rock sliders, cut rear quarter panels...
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: Mad_Scientist]
#975301
12/06/09 07:23 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
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Web Wheeler
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Man, I looked at the fsm, and it's a biotch. You have to take everything out from the firewall back to the seats, but I don't think you have to take out the a/c evaporator, so you don't have to drain the refrigerant. Another argument for a gen1, where you can remove the heater core by cutting one hard pipe, from the dside footwell.
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Re: Uh oh! coolant leak in interior
[Re: fasteddy]
#975302
12/06/09 11:49 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Another argument for a gen1, where you can remove the heater core by cutting one hard pipe, from the dside footwell. i need to remember this when my core dies one day.
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