Neon coolant leak

Over the last week or so I've noticed my '01 Plymouth Neon is losing coolant. I finally got sick of it and tried replacing the radiator cap but it was still leaking when I got home tonight, saw it dripping underneath and found this under the hood. Its some weird pipe thats looks like it was connected to something else but I can't find anything it would've broken off of. Does anyone know what it is?

Car isn't losing water super fast, haven't tried running the engine to see if it squirts out so I think its just a steady trickle as I drive. Any idea what this is? Any help greatly appreciated, you guys have helped me with my poorfag mobile before.

Sorry for shit pic

You were supposed to have gotten the Dodge brand Neon. All the Plymouth ones have this problem.

Well whats the issue and how can I fix it?

I literally can't figure out what I'm looking at even if you were to flip that picture 90deg, inverse the colors, and ask /b/ if they could do an x-ray job on it so you could see her tits.

Is that coming out of your firewall? Do you mean coolant as in it's green or just water?

I don't use actual coolant because I live in FL so it doesn't freeze so I don't have a whole lot of use so its just distilled water. Its coming out of the back wall of the engine bay, essentially the back of where the glovebox would be.

>just water
And here I used to have a favorable opinion about Floridians.

OK, back of the engine bay up against your glove box is called the "firewall". It's a very thin sheet of metal that separates the passenger compartment from the engine compartment so that if the engine catches on fire ideally the passengers don't also catch on fire. And in modern times it's also meant to keep the fumes out so you don't die from that instead.

So, is that hooked and pointing down at the road? Because if it is then it might just be the where condensation from your A/C leaks out of or where the rain goes when it falls in your intake vents. Because you usually would not hook a little hose out of the firewall down at the road if that were the return for your heater core or something.

Drain it then add a correct ratio of coolant and water. The mix isn't just for winterizing; It raises the boil point.

It sounds like it is over boiling and dumping out of the overflow valve, which just dumps on the ground

Thats possible but this was at night with me running the heat. And yeah, its hooked and points down, haven't looked underneath yet so maybe it isn't broken off of something.

Probably a good idea to try that.

If it comes from the heater core then it will piss out coolant if you leave the engine running after you start to blow heat at you. That's an easy thing to check.

But at this rate for all I know you're talking about the overflow line from your overflow tank so idk. One way or another you can get it to actively leak coolant while the car is running if it's actually actively leaking coolant when the car is running.

rev it til something breaks
then replace the broken thing
ezpz

>If it comes from the heater core then it will piss out coolant if you leave the engine running after you start to blow heat at you
As in would that be from lack of proper coolant causing boiling? My engine never got above 1/3 of the temp gauge while driving, is this enough to even boil it?

And no, I know where the overflow thing is and its literally a molded part of the tank unless you're talking about something else and I haven't filled the overflow tank recently.

No thanks, already had a guy at a /k/ meet I went to blow his head gasket on the way and had to have his truck towed

>temp gauge broken
>does I don't even know what with this overfill tank, who knows if there's even any coolant in there
>wonders if his 100% water solution in florida is boiling
>even though it's winter

Dude sort your shit out please. You're not making this easy.

Temp gauge is fine, it goes all the way up, I've seen it do so recently.

Is there one thing that prevents the overfill tank from having too much water or two cuz I know of the one thats molded into it that directly dumps the water downward if you overfill it

Fair enough

What does winter have to do with it, its warm here all the time

If it's warm all the time then why did you have the heat on? Don't you mess with me. I've been to Florida before.

No to reach boiling point with water it would have to get to 212F. That's hotter than your engine is meant to run at, and if your coolant system is all fucked up it could get there easily on its own no matter what time of year. If your coolant (lol nope just water from the publix because you shop at the publix like Steve flies to Japan to eat comped sushi when he feels like it) is disappearing or being shot out on to the road probably your entire engine is pitching a fit because your head gasket is gone or some other obvious thing.

Call car talk and ask to the speak with the guy who has alzheimers.

Doesn't your car have to overheat for an extended period to have your headgasket get fucked?

Will stop being a nigger and get some real coolant when I get a chance

Also no bully Publix

Water is fine the boiling point raises past anything your engine should ever be at when it's under pressure. Just make sure that your using distilled water. I've had tiny micro cracks in radiators before that only open up when under pressure and the car would lose coolant like crazy.

Depends how hot you get it. It could cause something to fail right away and then cascade into a nest of problems. Ideally if you just spike the temperature but don't hold it there then it won't hurt anything. But that's a toss of the dice, kind of like running the oil down and hoping it doesn't start knocking or burning a quart every time you back it down the driveway.

There are standard processes you can use if you think you busted it. I would start by looking for shade tree signs of trouble since if it's fucked already you can't really undo that easily. But you could also move up to asking a shop for a compression test (or doing one at home if that's your jive) or a leak down test just to find out if maybe your Geo Metro is just plain old and a piece of worn out shit.

Hmmm. The biggest thing is I can't figure out where the coolant is going because the OP pic is where I can see water escaping yet thats supposedly the moisture drip line. I've put probably about a gallon of distilled water in the last few days and yet I can't find anywhere it could be going rather than boiling and evaporating yet the radiator cap is never wet.

That is the moisture drip line. I would replace the radiator, housing, thermostat and housing. I would also recommend going to Walmart and mixing up 25% coolant and 75% distilled water in a 5 gallon bucket because it keeps the coolant passages in your block from rusting. The reason I recommend replacing the radiator is because it might have a micro cracks and in neons the trans cooler can break and mix trans fluid with the coolant killing your trans.

>The reason I recommend replacing the radiator is because it might have a micro cracks and in neons the trans cooler can break and mix trans fluid with the coolant killing your trans.
Already happened with this car and we replaced the radiator as a result. This one is only about 8 months old and was brand new so hopefully it isn't fucked yet.

How does your transmission fluid look?

It might be, you should get the coolant system
pressure checked. If your outta options a shop will do a pressure test for you and you can just do the work yourself. Good luck, man. Neons are my favorite cars and they're quickly disappearing. I really don't want to see another get taken off the road.

>favorite car
Hi :)

Hey :)

The commercials said "hi" not "hey" dickwad.

You a qt trap?

I-I could be your qt trap tonite if u want user..

Why do you like Neons so much?

Also what would you say a '01 Plymouth with 75k and mostly functional would be worth if I were to sell?