scowly206397
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- City, State
- St Paul, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Ford Explorer
1998 5.0, Eddie Bauer, AWD Explorer. I already have the dreaded blend door actuator issue....temporarily fixed by cutting through housing and manually opening/closing door for heat/ac. Passenger side of radiator has a small leak somewhere.....shut off vehicle and a few drops will come out. Upper/lower hoses to radiator are not leaking so assume it's a pinhole in radiator. Anyways, after driving home today, I noticed some smoke/something burning on the passenger side, near the heater core hoses. Same time I noticed this, I lost heat while driving. Tried opening/closing blend door, made a slight difference in temperature, but not much. I Popped hood, and above the hoses going into the heater core, there's coolant splashed on the underside of the hood, as well as over that general area, and it's burning off on the side of the engine/hot parts. No other coolant on the engine, near the valve covers, or drivers side, or around radiator...I don't think the fan splashed it to that specific area where I'm seeing coolant. It seems to be confined to that area near the hoses going into heater core, or prior to going into the core. I did not smell any coolant while driving....only when stopped at a light/stop sign. Is it possible the core is plugged? Possible hose break/come loose to get that sudden change in temperature and splashing of coolant all over? I also noticed the temp. gauge inside the truck went up very slightly after I lost heat but then went back down to normal operating temp within a couple minutes.
Any advice/info would be greatly appreciated. I'm not too familiar with troubleshooting coolant issues....
Thanks everybody.
Any advice/info would be greatly appreciated. I'm not too familiar with troubleshooting coolant issues....
Thanks everybody.