dragonryder
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- Joined
- Jun 4, 2009
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- Location
- Washington PA
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3
- Transmission
- Manual
Alright I have a 96 ranger 2.3l thats got almost 200k miles on her. I've only had it about 6 months and it never seemed to defrost well. I just wrote it off to the fact that it doesn't have A/C so it takes longer. I can smell antifreeze in the cab but I know I have a coolant leak on the lower rad hose so I thought that was why. Now today I started to see smoke from under the hood, so after a short investigation I find coolant dripping from a tube that comes out of the fire wall just below and to the right of the coolant lines going into the heater core. I have no leaks inside the truck but I do have alot of moisture that forms on the windows when it sits and the windows fog pretty good when I kick on the defrost. I'm thinking it's the heater core but I heard it is a real PITA to change so I thought I would ask on here first.