coolant leak at firewall side of engine...(92 MTX)

[SedanHatesOwner]

i was driving to work today and noticed a bit of smoke from under my hood. so i pulled over and took a look under the hood and found there was coolant all over the firewall, possible bypass hose, or??? also noticed a fair amount of power over the last month or so, maybe a head gasket? oil is clean, coolant is clean. im going to pressure test the cooling system tomorrow, and also going to check for exhaust gas in cooling system, but any opinion is a good one, so lay em on me. i will post what i find tomorrow, thanks.

 

[hawkeye18]

heater hoses. They like to break frequently.

 

[rubydist]

yeah, especially the one right next to the engine - it gets the hottest so the rubber tends to break down quicker.

 

[JRA2000TL]

IIRC that one is a PITA to change too.

 

[Bob Gervais]

Meh, he's from RI. It doesn't matter.

 

[LOUDSHO92]

Might be the heater core hoses: SHO Source

 

[JRA2000TL]

LMAO :shakehead

 

[SedanHatesOwner]

pressure tested and is the hose off the back of the block. i have 4 parts cars so no big deal on the parts end, thanks all for the input!

 

[hawkeye18]

It seems your username is a little too accurate.

 

[SeanMc]

IIRC that one is a PITA to change too.

Undoing 2 clamps and fitting the hose on is a PITA? I changed mine about 4 years ago, and it took 3 minutes.

You just need to complain about something don't you?

 

[SedanHatesOwner]

well. because all my parts cars are autos, the steel pipe was different so i cut the crimp off of the engine side of the rubber hose and there is a flared end on the pipe, so i used a piece of heater hose from a p71 crown vic i had and cut it to size, all fixed for now.