Anti-freeze smell inside vehicle when you turn on the heat. Greasy windshield from the anti-freeze leaking from the heater core while the heat is running. Also check the passenger side of the vehicle carpet under the carpet and check the heater core hoses under the hood of your vehicle for anti-freeze leaking at the fire wall where the heater core hoses go. That about covers it. If all checks out do a pressure test on your anti-freeze circuit and this will definitely bust the culprit of the leak. Last of all, if you have no leak and your heat is not working and the heater core is in circuit with the anti-freeze with no leaks, replace the heater core. C.S
when your feet are wet-(the core is leaking!)
please tell me how to remove the heater to get too the heater coil
If you try turn on the heat and a huge cloud of smoke fills your car, or you can smell burning anti-freeze....then you have a busted heater core.
There is no heat, it is leaking.
tap on it and if it rattles ,its done
Inside the vehicle, under the dash, passenger side, next to the firewall. Raise the hood and find the heater hoses going to the heater core. This will tell you the location inside the vehicle.
Usually, with a plugged heater core there will be a bit of heat but not very much..I've only seen a few so plugged that there was no heat. One way to tell is to (carefully) touch the heater hoses just where they go into the heater core. Both hoses should be about the same temperature. If not and the heater control valve is open - then the heater core being plugged is a very good possibility.
Replacing a heater core is one of the most challenging repairs you can do. Removing and replacing the core is easy. Getting to it, is the hard part. This is why this repair is so very expensive. Labor costs are tremendous. I cannot tell you exactly how to get to the core. All I can tell you is that you must remove enough of the under dash components to gain access. Someone who has done this before on this year and model will know how. Sometimes it is just trial and error. Just be careful, do not break anything and remember exactly how everything fits. Take pictures with a digital camera during each step as this may help you reassemble each part.
in my experience it is a slight leak in heater core it will be antifreeze causing this replace heater core and problem will be fixed
This is a classic tell-tale sign that the heater has a "blown" core. A new heater core is the only option, I think, and that runs to money because of the labor involved. If you live in a very warm climate, you can get by with simply bridging the "In" and "Out" heater hoses wit a connector made for the purpose. But if you need the heater at all in winter weather, the core must be replaced.
With the car or truck running disconnect only the positive side of the battery ... if it stays running that means the alternator is good if it dies then it needs replacing
Doesn't matter which way the water flows. The heater core is just a tube with fins and water can flow either direction.