[s-cars] Coolant in the footwell

[Steve Mills]

When you get around to replacing the heater core, only use OE. I cheaped out
and bought the aftermarket version and it started weeping (no coolant in the
footwell, but coolant smell in the car) after only 6 months. I got to redo
the job with an OE core in January standing in a foot of snow- not fun.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:01 AM, ron kirkham <rkaudifool at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I guess my car has been listening (sort of) to the cowl drain threads. My
> cowl drain is gone and flowing fine thanks.
>
> Took a short tirp this evening, about 10mi. with A/C on and about 75-80
> degrees.  Came out to the '93 Tornado Pink S4 with 248k about three hours
> later and there was coolant in the footwell on the drivers side.  Nothing
> showing on the passenger side.  The winter WeatherTechs are still in place,
> so they caught most of it, I think.  Got her home and a quick look-see with
> a dying flashlight showed no obvious leaks, but as expected the coolant
> tank
> was way down, not empty, but low.  I took off the cowl cover expecting to
> see the heater core area wet with coolant, but could not see anything
> obvious there either.  Unfortunately, I suspect the heater core has taken a
> hike as I'm sure it is original.  Further investigation will be tomorrow
> AM.
>
> When the heater core goes, does it leak inside?  I know I have read many
> threads on this, but you never really pay attention if you don't currently
> have the problem right?
> If it is the heater core, can it be bypassed until I can tackle this chore?
> Shoulda done it in October when I did the blower motor as preventative, but
> was too dumb?
>
> Thoughts?  Thanks,
>
> Ron Kirkham
> '93 S4 248K and leaking
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