So I don't know if this is even a problem but anytime you turn the temp. dial to a warmer setting as the air gets warmer the air comes out smelling like antifreeze. I can't find any leaks, and the carpet doesn't get wet inside, but the fact that it smells like that has me worried.

 

sounds like the heater core is going out

 

+1... sounds like the heater core... does your winshield fog up easily? do you see a white smokelike or misty cloud come out sometimes?

 

yup sounds like the heater core, unfortunately

 

+3...

 

heater core replacement is quite the process... drain the freon from the ac system, pull the dash apart, remove the steering column... etc

 

I haven't noticed any of the other signs of it going out, so I was hoping that it was OK. There's no fog in the windows, or water leaking on the carpet, or steam (or anything else other than air) coming out of the vents. When I bought the truck, it had been occasionally smoked in, and it had been "deoderized" or something and smelled like a glade plugin inside the truck, which went away after having it detailed, so the first time I turned the heater on to try it, I bought the truck in May and the A/C has seen MUCH more use than the heater, and I guess I thought there was just the air freshener smell in the vents, until last weekend when Mom was riding in the truck with me and decided the A/C was blowing too cold and turned the temp **** up and it smelled sweet like antifreeze, it surprised me because the last time in the spring that I used the heater it really had no smell to it, and just today I turned the heater on again and it barely had any smell to it at first then it went away. I guess it could be a very tiny leak or something, I just wish there was some way that something else could be the problem, I hate expensive problems. I guess there's not too much else it can be, and at his point I guess I'm just hoping that there's something else going on and I won't have to have this replaced... I

How much does this kind of thing usually cost to have done? I really don't want to deal with this myself, I'm sure I could but unless its really expensive I'd rather not have to deal with it.

 

well if you have the dash a part you should replace everything back there heater core,evap and blower motor i would say 1000 to 1500

 

a new heater core is 40 bucks... dont know how much you would be charged by a mechanic though... it would take you probably a day or 2 total to do it yourself

 

You"re looking at 8 hours labor plus parts ...