98 S-10 Fluid leak

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evodawg - 14 Jul 2008 22:32 GMT

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

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Steve W. - 15 Jul 2008 04:52 GMT

> 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
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>
> 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.

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evodawg - 15 Jul 2008 06:42 GMT

>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall. Seems
>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
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> 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?

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Steve W. - 16 Jul 2008 04:44 GMT

>>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall. Seems
>>> to be coming from lower side of the air conditioner condenser. The
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> the heat that often could I just join the 2 heater hoses together and
> bypass the heater core? for a quick fix?

Yes.

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Near Cooperstown, New York

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Me - 26 Jul 2008 02:15 GMT

I have the older 92 body style and when I replaced the heater core, I had it
done in about an hour. It was actually fairly easy. Dropping the computer
and taking the kick panel off gave me the room to take it out.

I'm not sure how bad the newer style is.

Lannie

>> Strange leak under passenger side, between wheel well and firewall. Seems
>> to
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Sounds like a small leak BUT it will get bigger. It is leaking and
> draining out the A/C drain.

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