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Re: antifreeze leak....
Posted by oldsaab (more from oldsaab) on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:59:10
In Reply to: Re: antifreeze leak...., monique, Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:24:52
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hi monique. this sounds like the classic heater control valve leaking inside the car. if you turn the middle knob under the radio, the one with a little bit of blue and on end of the circle, but most of it red, there should be some resistance and it should be mostly uniform. that means if if it's really difficult to move at the end or beginning OR if it has no resistance at all... the heater control valve most likely is leaking into the car. often it will leak directly on the drivers right foot while on the top of the brake pedal. You can go into the engine compartment and near the alternator there are two plastic tubes that come out of the firewall, one directly over the over, they will have two rubber hoses with hose clamps on them You can loosen the hose clamps, pull the hoses off of the fittings, and plug the lines (I like using a 1/2" socket short extention) and tighten the clamp. secure the ends with a zip tie making sure they are out of harms (and fan belts!) way. No need to do a return pass through hose (I used to do that) because with the heatercontrol valve is closed there isn't a return. all stop. Try that and see if your leak goes away. Good news is you may have found the leak, bad news no heat and no defrost...
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- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, GreyCabrio, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:51:58
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, vvack0matic
, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:51:30 - You oughta have to qualify to own these cars n/m, chuck s., Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:33:45
- poor body repair as well, burlybryan, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:18:34
- could have lost an engine with this one, tom-NC, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:07:26
- those are great!! how about this?, chuck s., Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:13:24
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, diskullman, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:13:18
- antifreeze leak...., Brian, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:06:08
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, incorvati
, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:02:07 - Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, Andrey, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:51:43
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, oldsaab, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:41
- this one should be original...., nathanael, Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:52:16
- Crappy side molding, Ed F, Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:36:34
- Stereo install.......... Yep, the dredded PO stereo..., dSPG89, Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:20:14
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, Charlie K., Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:25:06
- Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, swede-murphy
, Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:26:25 - Re: new (or not so new) owners poll, SteveD, Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:13:39
- poor body repair, sloopjohnb, Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:14:02
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