Water leak from passenger side wheel well?

[militarydave]

Hello everyone,

My 89 2.9 Ranger is leaking water from appears to be a hose connecting to the heater core. It only leaks when the truck has just shot off. I can see a little grommet/nipple from the passenger side wheel well and it drips ever so slightly.

does anyone know if that has a plug?

I recently did a radiator flush/fill and I think all the pressure may have popped off the cap if it had one.


any thoughts?


thanks fellas!

 

[bigblockford79]

Is it clear liquid or have some sort of color? If you have been running your A/C or Defrost when you notice it then it is most likely just water from the evaporator. All other fluids will have a color to them and will be an easy indicator of what system to look at. Lay down a white paper plate under the leak and allow some of the liquid to collect, this will make it easier to identify the color if any. I assume you didn't fill your cooling system with straight water so that should either be green or orange.

 

[scotts90ranger]

there's generally a drain hose from the heater core, right after shutting off the cooling system will expand a little before it contracts and sucks in the coolant from the overflow tank, your heater core is probably the path of least resistance

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Last time I had a little dribble from an area like that it was a shot heater core (not hard to swap unless the previous owner used a shipload of RTV on things). I also managed to pop both heads when that happened too from overheating due to coolant loss.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

1+ on evaporator if its clear.

 

[militarydave]

turns out to be a bad heater core. I had the carpet soaking up all the antifreeze. guess when i did the coolant flush/fill - it finally shot the heater core.

$18 bucks got me a new one.