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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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I am pretty sure my heater core is leaking. When I take it to the strip it fogs the window up and I smell coolant. Really any time I get on it these things happen. How hard is it to replace and/or bypass??? Thanks
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 12:12 AM
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check behind your center console/radio controls on the passenger side, if the carpet is drenched with coolant, its your heater core. and yea its somewhat of a pain to replace.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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Is this a common problem for the f-bodies. Now that I have asked a few of my friends they say their window fogs at race time also and they smell coolant as well. Whats up with that???
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I know it was common on the third gens, if your carpet isn't wet from coolant, i would just do some general stuff, check all your lines, flush out the radiator, and make sure you're using dex-cool.

as for the windows, maybe the adrenaline, and nervousness is causing heavy breathing, fogging up your windows.

just check all your hoses and flush the radiator see if that helps.
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