hey, i was driving my car today and i notced that it was leaking alot of antifreeze when i stopped at my friends house, it was coming from something near the firwall, i dont know why it happened, i guess cause i was beating on it, but does anyone know where it can be leaking from and if its happened to them before, o yea and my car got really hot during all of this too,

i have a type R ls vtec motor

 

also what should i do to fix the leak, just get new hoses?

 

i just looked and the only hose with anti freez on it is a small hose leading to the firwall, its about 1 inch in diameter the hose, im guessing its the ac hose, but would antifreeze be travleing through this hose, thats what i dont know, but it seems that the ac hose leading to thte firewall is the hose thats leaking, but my ques. is , does antifreeze travel through this ac line, ??????????

 

Refrigerant goes thru the AC lines, but what you're probably looking at is one of the heater hoses. Those have coolant...

First, you gotta figure out exactly how it's leaking. Maybe the heater valve is leaking? Maybe it's just a loose hose clamp? Or a rotted hose with a hole...

 

, well i think the hose has a hole in it, so the heater hose could have drained all of the fluid out of my raditator, and how do i drain the radiatio, because ill prolly need to drain it when i change the hose, also do i just go the store and buy antifreeze and put it or do i have to mix with water or something, thanks for ur help

 

sounds like the heater hose. see if its leaking from the fitting or the acutal hose.
you can drain the radiator through the drain **** at the bottom.

 

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Buy it from anywhere, like Walmart.

And yes, you do have to mix it with water. Usually a 50/50 mix will be fine

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike banX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... do i have to mix with water or something...</TD></TR></TABLE>I use distilled water. Pre-mixed is getting more common, all you gotta do is pay attention to what the bottle says.