Hello Everyone,

I am new hear and I hope this a as good of a site as chevytalk and Ford-truck which I am on all the time.

Here is my problem, my wifes neon started to leak water out of a hose that in connected to the firewall on the passenger side of the car right under the coolent resivor. The hose looks like a drain hose but I am not sure. It is leaking clear water. any help would be appriated. Thanks,

Chris

 

OK. There is a hose that drains the water from the AC evaporator coils when it is running. The AC also runs when the fan/vents are set to the defogger position. A lot of people do not know this about Dodge

If water is coming out of that weird looking rubber hose, then that is a good thing. If it plugs up (dirt, leaves, wasp nest, goop, etc.) then water will run into the passenger side floorboard and keep the carpet wet (providing an excellent place for mildew/mold to grow). Bad. Need to get under the car, and run a wire up in it to clean it out.

Whenever the car is running with the AC on at stop lights, idling in a parking lot, etc. you should be able to look under the car and see clear water dripping from that spot almost constantly (especially on a hot day and when the car has not fully cooled down yet inside).

So if that is the case, good news, no problem mon! I believe this is your case because you say it is clear. That is a very very good sign!

Now, if you are losing coolent and the coolent is overflowing out of the overflow tank (then the color should be greenish or orangeish) and smells hot and sweet and that is a bad thing. A very bad thing.

 

My 2004 Dodge Neon has a similar drip which I first noticed a few days ago. There's a slow but steady drip of clear water from a short hose coming out of the firewall on the passenger side and a small puddle of water on the garage floor. It looks like a drain hose. I haven't run the A/C in a few months, but I have been running the heater and defroster.

It sounds like this could be normal condensation, but since I haven't seen it drip this much before, I wonder if something else is wrong.

Thanks.

 

As stated below,when you turn on the defogger/defroster, the AC kicks on and runs to remove excess water from the air inside the card to prevent condensation. So you are good to go.

AKA - no problem mon!

 

So, if the A/C is actually running when the defogger/defroster setting is utilized, wouldn't this cause the car to use more fuel, at least in theory? And couldn't we get a bit better MPG by not utilizing those settings if not absolutely necessary? Seems logical, but who am I to say that being a novice and all?

My 2002 Neon and my 2001 Dakota both drip quite constantly, even in the winter, which I had never seen or experienced before buying into Mopar engineering. And I'll probably not buy another Dodge in the future due to all the kooky engineering changes/failures I have experienced in the past 13 years.