JJJ93z

i came home tonight and there was steam coming out from under the hood , so i popped it and there was a good amount of coolant dripping from somewhere by the pass side header. i couldnt really see that well but i could see it was hitting my y pipe and smoking. is this a upper or lower radiator hose? any help would be much appreciated, this has never happened to me before. , im going to jack it up in the morning what and where should i look to find the problem? thanks

slopokrodrigez

It's usually the crappy crimps on the heater hoses. Mine where leaking at the restrictor so I carefully cut them off with a hacksaw and reconnected them with worm clamps. If that is your case as well, I suggest you flush the heater core with a garden hose while you're there. Might help prevent the "my heater don't work" blues we hear about almost weekly.

JJJ93z

where is my heater core located? on the passenger side? the "worm clamp" you are talking about , is that a hose clamp or zip tie ? or what

thnanks again

slopokrodrigez

You might want to take it to a radiator shop.

JJJ93z

just checked it out, when the shop replaced a bad heater core last time, they neglected to put the heat shield over the right side hose into the heater core , which rested on the passenger side header. does ne one know a part number for this hose and the rubber cuff ?thanks