antifreeze...where is it coming from??

82 GT · 10-31-2002, 05:47 PM

I had to bypass the heater core tonight on my '88GT. I notice below where the heater core enters the firewall, down near the exhaust, there is a tube coming from the firewall that is dripping antifreeze. What is it? It never dripped like that before.
This short tube doesn't go anywhere and I didn't cut any hoses.
Is it somehow connected to the heater core inside the car?
Please help.

sn95gt19 · 10-31-2002, 06:59 PM

if your car came with a/c, your prob talking about the drain for the condensation in the heater box. if that is the case your heater core went bad and is draining out of the hole. thats the only thing i can think of. if your car did come with a/c and you have to change the heater core GOOD LUCK, its a pain in the you know what, i have had to change one on my 89lx and my 95gt. not fun. unless it came without a/c then its a snap

82 GT · 10-31-2002, 09:07 PM

Yeah, I already know my core is bad. That's why I bypassed it.
I just didn't know what that tube was forr. It was dripping after I bypassed the core and that's what made me wonder what was going on. I guess I'll have to wait for it to drain whatever is left inside the core.

10-31-2002, 05:47 PM	#1
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	antifreeze...where is it coming from?? I had to bypass the heater core tonight on my '88GT. I notice below where the heater core enters the firewall, down near the exhaust, there is a tube coming from the firewall that is dripping antifreeze. What is it? It never dripped like that before. This short tube doesn't go anywhere and I didn't cut any hoses. Is it somehow connected to the heater core inside the car? Please help. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

10-31-2002, 06:59 PM	#2
sn95gt19 motors done......woohooo Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 799	if your car came with a/c, your prob talking about the drain for the condensation in the heater box. if that is the case your heater core went bad and is draining out of the hole. thats the only thing i can think of. if your car did come with a/c and you have to change the heater core GOOD LUCK, its a pain in the you know what, i have had to change one on my 89lx and my 95gt. not fun. unless it came without a/c then its a snap __________________ 95gt lazer red (98 cobra clone) Rice Haters Club Member #116

10-31-2002, 09:07 PM	#3
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Yeah, I already know my core is bad. That's why I bypassed it. I just didn't know what that tube was forr. It was dripping after I bypassed the core and that's what made me wonder what was going on. I guess I'll have to wait for it to drain whatever is left inside the core. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

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