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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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Well, After using the truck to haul some wood today. I cleaned her off with a good washing, got in truck to drive it to dry it off. Looked down in passenger floor, there was a decent sized puddle of water. Didn't think of it, so went to grandparents for dinner. Came back home to move it, puddle got bigger. So did some investigating, I got down and looked straight up from the floor, seen some drips that were quite high up. Now my question is, we're exactly is the heater core? Also could this be a window leak, if so what could I do to fix it?
 

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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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Is the water clear-ish or can you tell it is coolant (typically green-ish along with the bitter smell)?
 
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy4x4RT
Is the water clear-ish or can you tell it is coolant (typically green-ish along with the bitter smell)?
I'm 100% it's clear, I had just wash the truck, so that leading me to believe its leaking around the windshield
 
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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it could be leaking through the air vents as well.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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on occasion (today) i have ice scrapings from the windshield coming through the vents nothing crazy though. how are your door seals? intact or dry?
 
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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I'll recheck everything tomorrow, being off school the last couple days just meant sleeping for me lol
 
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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Dakotaboy87
I'll recheck everything tomorrow, being off school the last couple days just meant sleeping for me lol
Lol ahh I remember those days..for me it was donuts in the iced over parking lot at my school XD
 
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A cowl full of leaf litter 'ill do ya'. Dams the water and makes it run in the vents. Been there, done that.
 
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A cowl full of leaf litter 'ill do ya'. Dams the water and makes it run in the vents. Been there, done that.
Thing is, I had to work on my wiper linkage the other day, so I cleaned it all out. It's dry now, I store it in the garage. Won't be driven in rain that much anyways since its gonna start snowing soon..


Originally Posted by keilkravec
Lol ahh I remember those days..for me it was donuts in the iced over parking lot at my school XD

Lol I actually like school, being a senior has it fun times. Also going to technical school for welding half the day is great too
 
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