I'm driving my 01 GT to work barefoot (covered in poison ivy so I'm letting them air out). I go around the offramp and around the corner fluid pissed out all over my feet and the floor board. I don't have a sense of smell so I have no idea what it smells like. But it was freaking hot as hell. Judging by the reminents of it on my leg, its a dirty light brown color. Im thinking heater core lines clogged and finally went? It came from the upper corner to the right of the drivers pedal. I haven't had any driveability issues before or now. But my warranty is almost up so wtf is this?
Ill have to look into it when its light out. I swear I thought a snaked ate my foot. I almost wrecked the car, not only was it unexpected, it was hot. Not cool. It was watery, not brake fluid consistency but my coolant should be fresh. It has a brand new radiator...which we now may know why.
Think its just clogged? With my jeep there's a trick to disconnect the hoses and run a garden hose through it to flush out the crap. think it'll work for the stang if the warranty doesn't cover it? Since the warranty is for parts that effect safety and driveability.
For fluid to spray out of the system, a hose, or the core itself, has to be cracked, broken, line disconnected, etc. That's my understanding. Do you have a Haynes manual?
No haynes manual yet. Just got the car the 11th of last month. I don't even have much time to screw with it seeing as I work 3rd shift. Worse comes to worse they'll only charge me $50/hr labor...
I can only imagine how much I would freak out if that happened to me lol. Those are 2 sensations (hot + wet) that my brain would deff not be able to process if it just randomly happened on my foot.
the hot coffee in the car has been done already. i don't think you can get ford for that one, but i do like the fact that you spilled it on your foot instead of your lap.
Well the windshield is fogged up so I'm gonna confirm its the HC. Any harm in putting some miles on it? I'm an hour away from the dealer I bought it from
umm your going to dump coolant through what ever broke open.. coolant comes out the back of your passanger head into the intake manifold to the heater core and back to the motor..
So your feet are covered in poison ivy and coolant burns... Sounds comfortable. My buddy broke a hose to the heater core hose on his ford ranger, pretty sure he fixed it in the parking lot it happened in that same day. As long as the core itself isn't shot should be a pretty quick fix. Just avoid any potentially harmful substance in the mean time, sounds like its not your week
Thanks guys. A lot of people voting for either side (the core itself or just a hose). I'm going to call the dealer tomorrow and see if they'll cover it. If not, i'll start digging into it more. I never had a problem getting heat, hell even my a/c is burning hot air lol. Weird.
Score. Its covered under warranty. I'm gonna make a list of things for them to look into. It takes me about 20min to fill the gas tank as well. It always clicks the pump off as if its full. Either the pipes kinked or if they have a vent like my jeep, then that's clogged.
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