Comments on: Heater core or just blocked a/c drain tube in 99 Ford Escort?

By: Levi Horton

Levi Horton — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:26:57 +0000

if you leave this issue unfixed water will start to leak on the pcm and short it out causing a more expensive repair and leaving you stuck some place

By: Xiomara Greenhalgh

Xiomara Greenhalgh — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:29:13 +0000

Bigrick has it right. But use a coathangar for the wire, and fold it in half. Use the rounded end to snake the drain tube out. That way if you do go too far in or slip or whatever, you won’t put a hole in the evaporator core. It is extremely thin for heat transfer, and is easily punctured. The rounded end of a folded coathangar will not damage it in anyway, and is safe.
Just watch for the waterfall that will come rushing out!!!!!!

By: Sherlyn Leech

Sherlyn Leech — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:47:10 +0000

sounds like a stopped up ac drain unless you can smell antifreeze.also check the cabin air filter while you have it in the shop plus you also have what they call a rain hat on the passengers side you may want to have that checked as well i know they had a recall awhile back on the rain hat leaking water in the passenger side and they had to put an extension on it.go to cars .com and see if there are any recalls on that model.want hurt anything and if there is a recall they have to fix it no matter what the year

By: Holly153

Holly153 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:14:14 +0000

It ( might) be a block A/C drain outlet which is on the bottom of the firewall in the engine comp. It should look like the size of your little finger a black piece of rubber. take a piece of wire and try to probe the inside. You say your floor board is wet, check your coolant level in the radiator, if it is low than it could be your heater core is leaking. Coolant will have a smell compared to just plain water.

By: Travis Casey

Travis Casey — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:43:06 +0000

sounds like your rite. also if it where your heater core you would get steam and would smell the anti frez.
as for finding the drain try looking in the owners man. or sneak a peek at a chiltons in a parts store.

By: Joselyn Tucker

Joselyn Tucker — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:18:47 +0000

You are probably correct about the a/c drain tube. If it were the heater core, there would be a coolant smell and your coolant level would drop and by now the engine would be getting hot.
It shouldn’t cost that much to have someone open the drain tube, but you should be able to do it yourself. Look in the engine compartment on the firewall at approximately the center of the car just a little toward the passenger side of center. There should be a black rubber or plastic tube protruding and pointing down or down and back. You may need a piece of wire to snake up the tube to loosen whatever is clogging it. Be careful with the wire and don’t just shove it all up in there. Just through the tube is far enough