Heater box leak

[caleb22]

I noticed anti freeze dripping on the passenger side floor mat. I have taken the dash off and don't really see a way to get the heater box out. It appears like it will be a good bit of guess work to find and fix this leak. Can anyone give me some tips?

 

[k5blazin]

Your heater core is leaking. check the tech section of the site for the process to remove the heater box. i have done it twice now, its not too hard.

 

[mechted]

ill second that, heater core is leaking - about $25 for a new one
there are a couple screws/bolts that hold the two sections of the heater core box together, kinda a PITA to find, but there should be 2 on the interior side and 2 on the engine bay side...First remove the glove box, they should be located somewhere around the edges of the box... IIRC that is it to removing the interior side, then you can see the core, and its only the 2 hose connections on the engine bay side and shes out

 

[Wicked Wolf Auto]

I had to take my inner fender well off to get to mine

 

[badfish4tail]

The heater core is very inexpensive.
It's the labor to do it that sucks
Thats what we are doing below....

 

[caleb22]

I paid $21 for it last night at Advance Auto. It may be a few weeks before I can invest that much time in it but it sounds like a job. It will be good to cleanout the ducts anyways.

Thanks for the tips and to those who wrote that step by step article.

 

[4xcrazy]

I had to take my inner fender well off to get to mine

ditto, couple of through firewall bolts that are hard to get to.

 

[Wicked Wolf Auto]

The heater core is very inexpensive.
It's the labor to do it that sucks
Thats what we are doing below....

I like the little girl reaching for the beer

Mine used to do that too.