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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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1998 ford escort

a friend has a 1998 ford escort and the thing has recently started leaking coolant onto the floor boards??? anyone know what this could possibly be???
 
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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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If it is on the passenger side it is probably the heater. Try running the car with the heater on and see if it gets worse.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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sounds to me like a heater core
 
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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Must be the heater core. You can disconnect the in and out hoses from the block to the heater and create a "loop" which will bypass the leaker in question until corrective action is possible.

Some of the heater cores can be quite a challenge to remove - not impossible but a challenge.

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