Wet Passenger Floor Issue

[Scotty]

I drove the car recently and the next day found a big puddle on the passenger side just behind the tire and below the ALPINE script. I looked under the car and the puddle started at the edge of the floor pan. Nothing under the trans and nothing under the engine.

I checked the radiator and it was low on coolant. That's twice now I've had this issue and the first time I went full bore, recorded the Rad, checked for a blown gasket, the whole nine. Recored Rad, etc. and no heat issues. The car will reach 190 degrees while I'm driving and stays there.

For the heck of it, I checked the passenger floor and it's very damp and dripping from under the blower assembly, not much, but it's there. Driving the car, I haven't seen or noticed any of this, so I'm concerned. Anyone else have this issue, and what did you do about it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bernd_st]

Sounds as if your heater core is leaking. Pretty common. You can access it from the top by unscrewing the locking mechanism pan. A good radiator shop can fix it...

 

[alpine_64]

Yup.. Heater core split or heater hoses. There should be a drain trough to durect water out..but likely to much.. Or its missing.

If you have been running a higher psi radiator cap the core might be buldged on the sides and can be tricky to get out.

New cores rated to higher psi are available from UK