Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting blown heatercore maybe

for the past week whenever my car had to rev up to accelerate, i could smell antifreeze strongly then the smell would fade, and it's been losing coolant, so iv'e had to keep adding, then a few days ago, i could smell it strongly after merging, and then the windows fogged up and wouldn't defrost, and steam was actually coming out of the passenger side door glass defroster. there hasn't been a drop of antifreeze on the floor yet, it's dumping it out near the driver's side footwell on the outside. would this still be the heatercore then? in the tray thing that holds the heatercore, there is a little bit of antifreeze but that only started coming out after i moved it around a bit and tipped it down (havn't undone hoses yet)

BTW, it's a '96 mystique 2.0 liter auto w/air

or rubber hose near the heater core.

pressure tested the old core and it's leak free as far as i can tell. ofcourse i already bought a replacement one for $105cdn. does that little tiny black hose have coolant running through it or is it just a vacuum line? the other two lines that run in and out of the core were sealed good and there arent any leaks from outside the car besides through what i think is the airconditioner drain hole that all the antifreeze dumped out of.

what other ruber hoses may be near the heatercore? there isn't one above it is there?

If you are getting a fog/film on the insides of the windsheild I think your heater core IS leaking. Plus having drips of coolant coming of of the evap. drain tube confirms it.