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i have just replaced my heater core less than a year ago.... now when i turn on the vents every now and then i can smell coolant through the vents.... also i was looking under the passenger side dash and was feeling up there and i had the moist of coolant on my hands... does this mean i have a bad heater core after one year.... i do know that i have a very tiny cut in one of the heater hoses where the engine bay is but the small leaked seemed to went away a few months ago.... could that be the problem... thanks
Replace the hoses. If you've got a crack in one there are probably more. Replace both of em and see if your problem gets better, if not it could be the core. I have to replace the heater core on my mom's 78 Camaro every other year. Then again we're using junkyard cores.
Alex
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found my problem...took the heater core out and come to find out one of the tubes are cracked and was leaking from there.... got another heater core and will be installing it tomorrow... thanks guys...
