Green On My Leg

kerry · October 12th, 2006, 12:31 AM

so ya know... driving down the road, take a turn and i feel water pouring on my leg. i stop the car and... antifreeze is pouring out of the floor A/C vent all over the carpet and mats. yea...
so it ends up that my heater core sprung a leak after 12 years and leaked the antifreeze into the A/C vents. after it had built up enough, it decieded to slosh out. so we are replacing the heater core and from my research so far, its gunna be a biotch.
pretty much completely tare out the whole dash and oh man... yea

i was wondering if anyone else had worked on their Heater core or if they had done something like it and if so... how bad was it?

i would just take it to a shop, but seeing how they wanted $1000 to just take the instrument cluster out... the labor for this would be rediculas.

has anyone else had this problem w/ a 94 stang?

mdvaldosta · October 12th, 2006, 12:34 AM

It's a b*tch dude, sorry to say it. Gotta yank the dash.

AtlanticBlue99 · October 12th, 2006, 12:34 AM

8 hours and a haynes manual and a few beers can do it. it isnt hard, just tedious to remove the dash. a lot of stangs have the heater core go bad. in fact, it happened to my brother's 96 v6 last year and he changed it with my uncle

chrish91286 · October 12th, 2006, 12:37 AM

i havent had the problem with mine (knock on wood)
i feel for ya cause you have to rip alot of the interior out and it aint fun

orangeRcode · October 12th, 2006, 01:13 AM

Better set aside your weekend to do this. That is unless you are independently wealthy and can pay to have it done.

kerry · October 12th, 2006, 05:27 PM

nah deff not lol we are doin it ourselves. we have that haynes(sp) and the ford official manual so between um and yea a few beers hopefully wont go tooo bad lol
thankx

AtlanticBlue99 · October 12th, 2006, 05:29 PM

not hard (just time-consuming), but just takes removing the dash. in fact, if you wanted to take some pictures along the way, this may make for a great futur reference and mainpage article

turp · October 13th, 2006, 05:09 AM

For future reference... Run the heater once a month for 5 minutes and your heater core will not develop a leak. Up the dosage to once a week and the core will last as long as the car. Stagnated water in the core will cause a hole 10 times quicker than regularly moved water

October 12th, 2006, 12:31 AM	#1
kerry Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 487 iTrader: 0 reviews	Green On My Leg so ya know... driving down the road, take a turn and i feel water pouring on my leg. i stop the car and... antifreeze is pouring out of the floor A/C vent all over the carpet and mats. yea... so it ends up that my heater core sprung a leak after 12 years and leaked the antifreeze into the A/C vents. after it had built up enough, it decieded to slosh out. so we are replacing the heater core and from my research so far, its gunna be a biotch. pretty much completely tare out the whole dash and oh man... yea i was wondering if anyone else had worked on their Heater core or if they had done something like it and if so... how bad was it? i would just take it to a shop, but seeing how they wanted $1000 to just take the instrument cluster out... the labor for this would be rediculas. has anyone else had this problem w/ a 94 stang?

October 12th, 2006, 12:34 AM	#3
AtlanticBlue99 I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,859 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	8 hours and a haynes manual and a few beers can do it. it isnt hard, just tedious to remove the dash. a lot of stangs have the heater core go bad. in fact, it happened to my brother's 96 v6 last year and he changed it with my uncle __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

October 12th, 2006, 12:37 AM	#4
chrish91286 Regular 2003 Mustang GT Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: chesterfield, VA Posts: 256 iTrader: 0 reviews	i havent had the problem with mine (knock on wood) i feel for ya cause you have to rip alot of the interior out and it aint fun __________________ 70mm t/b, plenum, cast intake manifold, full magnaflow exhaust, JLT cai, FRPP c springs, anti roll kit, steeda upper control arms, custom tune, subframe connectors, HID headlights, mach 1 chin spoiler

October 12th, 2006, 01:13 AM	#5
orangeRcode Hardcore Enthusiast 11.21@123 -150 shot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mustang/Yukon, OK Posts: 1,830 iTrader: 1 reviews	Better set aside your weekend to do this. That is unless you are independently wealthy and can pay to have it done. __________________

October 12th, 2006, 05:29 PM	#7
AtlanticBlue99 I Post Entirely Way Too Much 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,859 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	not hard (just time-consuming), but just takes removing the dash. in fact, if you wanted to take some pictures along the way, this may make for a great futur reference and mainpage article __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

October 12th, 2006, 12:34 AM	#2
mdvaldosta MM Fanatic 2002 Mustang GT 11.47@120.58 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 3,940 iTrader: 0 reviews	It's a b*tch dude, sorry to say it. Gotta yank the dash.

October 12th, 2006, 05:27 PM	#6
kerry Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 487 iTrader: 0 reviews	nah deff not lol we are doin it ourselves. we have that haynes(sp) and the ford official manual so between um and yea a few beers hopefully wont go tooo bad lol thankx

October 13th, 2006, 05:09 AM	#8
turp My Stallion is Bigger! 1989 Eddie Bauer Bronco 3 feet... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VA Beach Posts: 3,013 iTrader: 0 reviews	For future reference... Run the heater once a month for 5 minutes and your heater core will not develop a leak. Up the dosage to once a week and the core will last as long as the car. Stagnated water in the core will cause a hole 10 times quicker than regularly moved water __________________

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