Help - Plz Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JAPCAB]

I noticed a funny smell inside the car over the last 2 days......anyhows my car was filthy so i thought i'll clean it before going out friday night. I start taking out the floor mats when i notice that the passenger front mat is wet. I lifted out the mat, and the carpet underneath that was wet too.

I got some white kitchen towel, and started mopping up this light green coloured liquid ( coolant i assume?!?!) anyhows i pop the bonnet, and open up the coolant bottle and the coolant is boiling hot and bubbling/steaming.

My questions are -

1) what is that liquid leaking into the passenger foot well and where the hell is it coming from!!

2) why is my coolant bubbling/boiling?!?!

HELP!

[JAPCAB]

ok did a few more checks.

radiator had jack shit coolant in it, must of put another 2 litres into it. I got a torch and shined it above the coolant bottle, revved the engine and there were bubbles n shit but you cant see them from looking directly down the hole u have to look sideways into the back of the coolant bottle with a torch shining thru the plastic.

The coolant is a browny colour aswell.....i'm guessing oil mixing with the coolant??

So at the moment i'm guessing blown/cracked head gasket......is this also the cause of my footwell leaking problem or is this the heater aswell? I checked under the passenger foot well and the liquid is coming from where the white box thingy joins onto the firewall.

[JAPCAB]

f*cking jap cars!

[sky30]

Heater core under the dash is leaking??

Is there any white sh*t in your oil??

[JAPCAB]

Yep the heater core is leaking....****ing hell!! my car wreaks of coolant! no wonder i was getting dizzy! I checked the oil...no white shit in it but little clumps of tiny ass bubbles....not sure if this is normal. I heard you can bypass the heater by blocking off the heater pipe that goes into the firewall......i'm going to try and plumb it off somehow

Heater core under the dash is leaking??

Is there any white sh*t in your oil??

[wrxhoon]

you will find that the heater has a hole and the brown stuff in it is rust . the coolant probably hasnt been changed sisce it laeft nissan so the whole system ha srust in it ( all steel parts ) . check to see if there oil in the coolant , when you take the radiator cap off you will see it on the top . take the oil cap off and have a look if there any milky stuff on it , if there is or if you have oil in the radiator then its headgasket or cracked head .

[JAPCAB]

ok, i bypassed the heater as per predator's thread on how to bypass the heater. However there is still f*cking coolant leaking into the passenger footwell...would this be excess coolant that was stuck in the unit itself? is there any other way that coolant can get past the firewall??! i see two other metal pipes going into the firewall right near the heater hoses - are these for air cond?? should i plumb these off aswell?

[Jolinator]

prolly shit still leaking out, try blowing out the hoses going into the firewall wit compresssed air to see if you can get most the coolant out, the coolant hoses are the only ones going through firewall into the dash, so youve still got an issue there.

[wrxhoon]

only 2 coolant hoses going in to the cabin , one bringing the coolant in and the other returning it so you must have coolant still in the heater core ( its a bustard of a job to take out if you want to fix it )

[JAPCAB]

Ok cool well at least i've blocked off the 2 hoses so no more coolant will come in....it seems as if the excess coolant stuck in the heater has stopped coming through aswell. Yeah i'm going to buy the part and install it myself; predator has a detailed thread on how to do it......and yes it will be a real prick to do and a waste of a whole day!

Thanks for the input so far guys, much appreciated.