After 13 years............

"Harry Face" wrote

You are probably seeing the A/C drain tube. There is no drain tube for the heater core, (at least no specific one). Most times on most GM cars, a heater core leak will spill into the passenger compartment.

Ian

I replaced my heater core on my 94 Sunbird. There was a drain tube from the plastic that housed the heater core which would direct the leak out on the driveway & not inside the car.

I put a piece of garden hose up the rubber elbow on my G/A. Now I can see when water comes out and it no longer drains onto the sway bar bushing.

"Jim A." wrote

You must have a special one. I've done lot's of heater cores on J-body vehicles, and if the core itself is leaking, it will leak into the passenger compartment. Cleaning up the carpet usually takes longer then replacing the heater core.

Ian

Ian wrote : Most times on most GM cars a heater core leak will spill into the passenger cpmartment .

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I don'twant to hear that !

At least my 89 Z -24 had a rubber drain tube.

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It's the AC drain tube Harry. My 87 Chevy Cavalier Z-24 .. well when the plastic heater core hose decided it needed to split, leaked about a gallon on Antifreeze on the passanger side floor board. It wasn't much fun cleaning up the mess.

Harry , The tube you`re seeing is the drain for the A/C evaporator core. This lets the condensation from the core run on the ground instead of filling the heater plenum. I have seen them get plugged and run the water all over the floor in the pass com. Look under youre car on a hot day with the a/c on and you will see the water running out of the hose.

cleever,

My 89 Z -24 discharged coolant from a ruptured heater core out of an L shaped rubber hose on the firewall. one of the pipes broke off mine at

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