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Anonymous Posted on Jan 15, 2011

Leaking on the passenger side, next to centre console. Dropping water level in so that it needs refilling almost daily 0.5 litre+. How do you fix it or can get a quote.

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Are you leaking coolant into car caused by leaking heater core it is a big job to replace this is step by step in manual
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  1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
  2. Discharge the air conditioning system.
  3. Drain the coolant from the heater unit.
  4. Remove the heater hoses from the heater unit in the engine compartment.
  5. Remove the instrument panel.
  6. Remove the steering support beam.
    1. Remove the evaporator as follows:
    2. Disconnect the discharge pipe, suction pipe and grommets.
    • Remove the glove box and pocket back panel.
    • Disconnect the evaporator wiring harness.
    • Disconnect the drain hose.
    • Remove the evaporator.
    1. Remove the heater unit mounting bolts.
    2. Remove the heater unit.
    3. Separate the heater unit case to remove the heater core.
    4. Installation is the reverse order of removal.
    5. Fill the cooling system to the correct level

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    Your heater core is leaking, need to replace it or u can put a hose connector to by-pass heater, this is done for temporary repair only. under hood look for two coolant hoses that go into firewall of veh. and install a hose connector that is same outside diameter of the inside of hoses & install two clamps to keep pressure from coming out.

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