type44 how do i know if i have a heater core leak?

[Kneale Brownson]

You COULD have a leak at the point the heater hoses plug onto the plumbing 
for the core.  Those connections are on the driver side of the heater core, 
and the leakage could reach the driver footwell, I suppose.


At 09:50 AM 02/17/2001 -0500, kbogach wrote:

>I waited until it poured down and whole car was full of steam. Not good 
>idea. Don't wait. Blower motor R&R is a good idea.  According to sympthoms 
>you described you have pretty clear diagnosis.
>
>Konstantin Bogach
>200tq '89
>200tqw '89
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:JordanVw at aol.com>JordanVw at aol.com
>>To: <mailto:quattro at audifans.com>quattro at audifans.com
>>Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:08 AM
>>Subject: type44 how do i know if i have a heater core leak?
>>
>>i have been getting a few small drops of coolant in my drivers footwell, up
>>towards the accelerator pedal, once in awhile..  sometimes smell a faint
>>coolant smell when running the heater, but not all the time.   could this be
>>the start of a heater core leak?
>>
>>would it be a good time to do the blower motor the same time as the heater
>>core (blower sticks sometimes) to save on labor time?
>>TIA
>>chris
>>'86 5kT