natemccabe

I noticed a small puddlle of coolent today. Looks like it's commiing from behind the heater inside the passenger compartment. I see no fluid coming from in the engine compartment, just in the cab. Haven't taken anything apart yet and I'm hoping it's just a loose connection to the heater core. Any ideas?

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Westech

if you have coolant in the cab.. the core is shot.

1986Blazerk5

You might be right about a loose hose, but its still possible that its the heater core

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natemccabe

any chance I can just cap off the line to the heater for now? Don't really need the heater at the moment. I just don't want to have the whole thing blow up in my face and can't really afford the heater core at the moment.

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Westech

yup just take the hoses off and run them together. The Adapter is like 1.99$

natemccabe

check that, don't have the time to replace it.

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natemccabe

thanks guys, your all a welth of information for ametures like myself.

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Just make sure you change the heater core out and hook it back up before winter. Would be an eye-opening experience in the cold and the look on your face "I thought I forgot something" the first cold snap!

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Disconnect the hose get the adapter and then fasten them to something so their not just flying around in the engine compartment....... Look at 9-2320-289-20P for illustration on heater core..... because these don't have a lot of "factory installed options" job is not as bad as a civvy model.... i.e no a.c ducting, no insulation.....
If you have the correct tools and a helper maybe a two hour job remove / replace

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Can someone tell me what size the adapter is?

Apparently my heater core gave up the ghost. I've got antifreeze in the passenger floor board now. I don't have time or money to replace the core at the moment, so I thought I would just bypass it for now as stated above. But I can't find what size adapter I would need.

It'll be a cold ride to work, but at least this way I won't smoke myself out of my truck for the time being.

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