Today I smelt radiator fluid noticed front passanger floor mat was wet so i lifted it up and there was about three inches of fluid underneath. Ive been smelling the smell for about two days now. Car has been running just fine. not over heating at all. looked for leaks briefly over engine bay didnt see anything please help and Ideas on what could be wrong would be greatly appreciated.

 

pretty plain and simple - your heater core is leaking.

KAM

 

Pretty much a 100% on that one. Its a crappy job, but it is manageable.

 

about how much will that run me to get it fixex?

 

also were can I get one

 

You live a couple hundred miles from me, but I imagine that your autozone and mine are similar priced. My local one has it for 16.99. Its not a high priced item, but if you are going to pay to have it done, its gonna cost. Do you have any tools? Are you mechanicaly inclined? If so, go for it. It was one of the first things I did to my first car and Ive changed this one too. albeit mine was a lot easier (78olds).

 

The heater core is easy to get to (don't follow the procedures listed in Haynes or Chiltons, they have you take the entire dash off). Just drop the panel on the passenger side, remove the ecm to get it out of the way, and then remove the 6 (or so) screws holding the heater core cover on. The best tool to use is a flexible shaft 1/4" drive socket driver and your trusty 7mm socket. I did the heater core on my 91 GTA this way, and it only took like 30 minutes (the hardest part was actually seperating the hoses in the engine compartment from the core).

The only reason I am saying this is because I've followed the procedure listed in the Haynes manuals on my old '88 Bird. This winter, when I had to do one on my GTA, I stopped and thought and realized that it was designed to NOT be a complete pain in the ****. Granted, you can replace it just fine by removing the entire dash, but it seems like a lot of work for a simple job.

 

thanks for all your advice I will be fixing it tomarow

 

my heater core went out about 2 weeks ago. my windshield got foggy and i realized there was fluid on my passanger side floor. i didnt bother replacing the heater core cause im not driving during the winter so i simply bypassed it. taking the two hoses in the engine bay one from the water pump to the heater core and just took the one from the intake from the heater core off and put the one from the water pump directly to the intake by doing that completly elimanating the heater core. heater core is still in car havent had time to take it out yet. "who needs air/heat" luxury in a sports car i dont think so.

 

This might help you with the job...
http://www.hioutput.com/tech/heatercore.html