whats going on everyone? ok well i'm having a few problems with my truck(87 302 4sp.), a few days ago while i was driving with the heater off but still blowing hot air from the motor and i began smelling something, it kind of smelled like anti-freeze to me b/c of earlier problems with freeze out plugs on a 300. so i didn't think too much of it because it wasn't a hard up burnt anitfreeze smell. Well yesterday for some reason i popped my hood and looked at the resovior and it was bone dry. the truck was still warm so i didn't pop the cap off to the rad, i checked the oil, and it was a little under a quart low. The smell is getting a little stronger but like i said it's not a straight up burnt anti freeze smell, has anyone had any problems like this, or could maybe help me out with this so i can fix it before it gets worse? Sorry for the long post but i wanted to try and explain the best i could...thanks everyone

 

Sounds like a bad heater core to me ive changed two out over the years in theese trucks that would defiently be where id start checkin


Daniel

 

thanks man i was thinking that it was the core but now i guess i'll start narrowing down. i've heard theses core are s**t, we had one done already to an 87, the glove box started smoking going down the highway on me. I'll post back with some more results

 

Luckly the cores in these trucks are very easy to replace. About 30 minutes time. I've done about 3 mustang Cores and your talking 4-7 hours for those. Make sure you buy a real Ford core also. Don't buy from from an autoparts store.

I think mine ran around 75-100 for my 87 truck from Ford.

 

Yea there not bad at all i bought mine from Autozone for around 30 dollars and it was suprising how much better quality it was vs the oem alumium one and then when i got my 94 and the core went bad i went and use the warranty on the one from my 92 (which my wife totaled) to get a new one but on both vehicles they lasted until the trucks were gone but compared to the sunfire my wife used to own changing this core was a snap

 

Cool, i like the responses and i'm feeling a littlle more at ease about this..It's gotta be the core, i can't get the windows to defrost sometimes and over the weekend it ate like a half of jug,and get a bad smell from the vents. i'll keep ya's posted.