Asklepious

96 sable antifreze smell

I have a 1996 Mercury Sable that I bought new. There is a smell when I put the heat on. There are no obvious leaks visible. Does this sound like the heater core to anyone?

pgtek

hi
if you can smel anti freeze in your car and try placing it in defrost mode with the heat on.
if there a sligth fog that means there a leak somewhere

cheers

pg

the_tow_guy

If the smell is a sickly sweet type, you've probably hit the nail on the head. Can't remember if the heater core is a common failure item on that car or not, but wouldn't be surprised given the long list of other parts on Sable/Taurus with overly short life spans.