Leaky coolant in footwell

[nicole_]

Help!
It's ruining me enjoying my new car lol
Coolant is leaking into passenger footwell from heater matrix area. Im losing a decent amount of coolant and it's causing issues with the ecu and overheating. There's a lot of stuff in that area that seems hard to get to, so was wondering if anyone knew any common places/fixes/things to check??
I had an issue with coolant leaking from matrix hoses on engine side that got fixed with a jubilee clip and now something's leaking from the other side! Grrr

 

[jesse888]

Unfortunately not much you can do other than pull all the lower dash out to get a look, small hands like yours shouldnt be too difficult.
Worst case run without the matrix till engine is run in? I was chasing coolant issues for a while with mine and I'm sure it didn't help the rings, although yours has had a fair bit of time already..

 

[Delboy23]

Help!
It's ruining me enjoying my new car lol
Coolant is leaking into passenger footwell from heater matrix area. Im losing a decent amount of coolant and it's causing issues with the ecu and overheating. There's a lot of stuff in that area that seems hard to get to, so was wondering if anyone knew any common places/fixes/things to check??
I had an issue with coolant leaking from matrix hoses on engine side that got fixed with a jubilee clip and now something's leaking from the other side! Grrr

Had a similar issue with my own car but it's an ep and water hoses had to be all modified and moved to make clearance for the turbo setup. If it's not proper water hose, fuel hose for example..then it will become too soft with the hot coolant and will rip/tear open at the jubilee clip end usually.
That was my problem!

I'd run it up to temperature and check every joint/connection on it. Sort properly now before it bites you in the ass down the line!

Btw seen this on the dyno and sounds awesome! Wish my tial bov was as loud lol

 

[MiRaGe]

Also any soft hoses can leak. Check them all, I had a split in mine that I couldn't se until they had some pressure behind them.