coolant leak

[Pat W]

i have a coolant leak that is leaking from above the pedals....i cannot find where this leak is coming from i would appreciate it if anyone knew what and where it was...im guessing its a broken hose or the thermostat.....thank you in advance

[cahomey]

Your heater core is crap. That will be fun fixing.

[Pat W]

how bad is the heater core? to replace?.....labor?

[Pat W]

how bad is this too replace my whole carpet is full of coolant...i wake up this morning to what i thought was water on the carpet but as soon as i smelt it i knew it was coolant....please help me out...can i use a junkyard heatercore?.....i got priced at 800 bucks to fix it.....

[e304lyfe]

its not necessarily your heater core.

it is most likely your heater valve and o-rings.

pull out your center console, and try to determine where the leak is. once you pull out the console, you should see the heater valve on the drivers side towards the middle up near the firewall.

[Pat W]

how much does the heater valve go for?.....a guy looked at it quickly and said that its either the valve or the core.....i just wanna kno if im gonna be spending upwards of 500 for any or both of these things

[Jordan]

You can repair this yourself man, tools to do it was very very basic.

[Pat W]

yeah so why the hell do they charge so much for the repair?

[Ryan Stewart]

Its a matter of time. You have to remove the console and its kind of an akward position to work in so it takes a bit longer.

Remember that most automotive jobs are billed solely on time and not on how hard they are.

I was quoted $800 in labor for my subframe and TA bushings. It wasnt a physically hard job once you got the car high enough it just takes time.

[Jordan]

yeah so why the hell do they charge so much for the repair?

Because 90% of the population are scared to even think of working on their own car, thus they can charge that because morons will pay it.

[Fred]

Same problem happened to me a few years back, and it turned out to be a loose heater hose at the firewall.

It's the heater core only if you smell coolant in the vents. If it is, changing one is pretty easy.... I changed mine in under an hour last Friday.

[Pat W]

very interesting fred i havent smelt coolant threw the vents so thats a good thing...i'll have to do some further investigation

[Pat W]

i fixed the problem it was the heater core vavle...anyways now i have about 5 quarts of coolant under my carpet front and back...i was told the eaisest ways to get rid of the coolant was with newspapers and letting them absorb the coolant...but i think it would be eaiser if i just removed the driver seat and the seatbelt holder and then raised the carpet up and shopvacd the coolant.....if any of you have a better idea please share the wealth....thank you!!