Heater hose leak help?!?!

[TSIflyer95]

Okay, so I woke up this morning to see all of my fluid on the ground. I was mad. The car was fine last night, but somewhere on the way home the heater hose coming from the bottom side, of the BACK of the thermostat housing had produced a crack and leaked.


Well I replaced the line today and when to go drive it to make sure I had fixed the problem so I can drive.

Well, the line did not bust, but it seems that the coolant is building enough pressure to spew out the side of the hose around the clamp.

According to link, my temps are about normal. 195 ish most of the time.

The only thing I have done recently to the car is a 3" downpipe. But that won't have anything to do with it.

But yeah, it seems that my heater core hose or the heater core itself has an issue.

If someone could please help me I would be thrilled!?

 

[LiquidX]

If you are building up pressure on the heater line that would suggest a blockage if it's the inlet hose. Try doing a temporary bypass by looping the 2 lines together and see if that solves the issue.

If it is the heater core, you'll need to pull out the dash to replace it. I did a write up on the dash removal and will help you out if you end up needing to replace the heater core.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-exterior-interior/379111-2g-dash-removal-instructions.html

 

[2GFWDbeast]

you know of a good write on a 1g dash removal?

 

[LiquidX]

Nope sorry. I am in no need of a 1g write up but try the articles. It's where it should be posted ifthere is one. Mine is only here because the other dash removal write uo doesn't have pictures anymore so I made a new one.

 

[TSIflyer95]

Sounds good. I don't use my heater much and really don't want to pull the dash . I'll just loop the hoses for now and hope for the best.