Okay so I bought this 02 a while ago and just recently, it started leaking coolant from this area. My only problem is that I can’t find the source. I’ve been trying to track it down for about a weak but it just leaks from there and I’m not sure what to do now. I thought about getting the UV kit to track it down that way but I wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas of where it could be coming from. Please help and thank you so much. (Also bear with me I’m only 20 and still learning)
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Okay so I bought this 02 a while ago and just recently, it started leaking coolant from this area. My only problem is that I can’t find the source. I’ve been trying to track it down for about a weak but it just leaks from there and I’m not sure what to do now. I thought about getting the UV kit to track it down that way but I wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas of where it could be coming from. Please help and thank you so much. (Also bear with me I’m only 20 and still learning)
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Okay so I bought this 02 a while ago and just recently, it started leaking coolant from this area. My only problem is that I can’t find the source. I’ve been trying to track it down for about a weak but it just leaks from there and I’m not sure what to do now. I thought about getting the UV kit to track it down that way but I wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas of where it could be coming from. Please help and thank you so much. (Also bear with me I’m only 20 and still learning)
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That looks more like water than coolant. Have you noticed it being low on coolant? If you have been running your air conditioner there will be somewhere under the vehicle that it discharges the condensation, that’s what it looks like to me. Oh, by the way it always helps us guys and gals to help you if you put your year, make, model, engine in your post, or better yet, your signature.
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I’ve been running water through it to try finding the leak. My ac doesn’t even work unfortunately. Also it’s an 02 SLT 4.7 sorry
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The hissing is probably from the leak and it's probably the heater core inside the body panel. Open the panel up to find out. You should be smelling coolant in the car if it is leaking at the core. If you don't smell coolant then you're either running straight water or the leak is below the car where the lines are in your pic.
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ULF:
Welcome to DDN.
As you likely know, these lines carry the AC refrigerant as well as coolant to/from the rear HVAC box. They are aluminum, and can corrode/leak over time near/near the brackets, also where they may flex over time.
If you don't need the rear heat, you can loop around the coolant pipe and carry on.
Don
Welcome to DDN.
As you likely know, these lines carry the AC refrigerant as well as coolant to/from the rear HVAC box. They are aluminum, and can corrode/leak over time near/near the brackets, also where they may flex over time.
If you don't need the rear heat, you can loop around the coolant pipe and carry on.
Don
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Sorry for the dumb question but when you say loop around it, what do you mean? And do you mean around all of them?
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Under the car or under the seat?
Behind the side panel behind the 2nd row.
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ULF:
There are no dumb questions lol. Loop around or bypass means to find a point before the leak where you can take that portion of the pipe out of the system. Typically, this would be done somewhere under the hood where the rubber coolant lines meet the aluminum lines. By doing so, you can restore the cooling system back to being leak free. This can be a short or long term solution.
Don
There are no dumb questions lol. Loop around or bypass means to find a point before the leak where you can take that portion of the pipe out of the system. Typically, this would be done somewhere under the hood where the rubber coolant lines meet the aluminum lines. By doing so, you can restore the cooling system back to being leak free. This can be a short or long term solution.
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alright so after some researching I see some people do it at the firewall for the front heater core if it has problems but I’m not sure of a spot for the rear. I see behind the passenger wheel well there are 4 hoses. 2 of which are connected by rubber. Would that possibly be a decent spot or would I have to look elsewhere? Im never gonna use the rear heater core if anyway so I just need to fix this leak.
Metal hoses with rubber on them should be the coolant lines as the AC lines will be metal all the way to the evaporator.
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Heard. Alrighty then I appreciate all of you great people.
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