monchie

I’m not a car junkie. I have problems with my 92 Explorer, and little
money to fix. :( I’m getting little to no engine power, which is
especially noticable going up hills. I have a huge leak of antifreeze
out of a hose that looks like it is going to the engine(It has this
small cap on it and the rubber thing in it is not stopping the
anti-freeze from coming out). I went all over trying to find that part
with no luck, guess I will have to go to the dealer. I need some
suggestions on what to do? and What the problem(s) could be?

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Big Shoe

Just a wild guess, but is the cap installed in one of the heater
hoses? Sounds like it could be a fitting installed as part of a
Prestone anti-freeze flush kit. If so, easiest fix would be to
replace the heater hose and eliminate the fitting with the cap.

On 28 Oct 2005 12:39:10 -0400, monchie
<UseLinkToEmail@www.autoforumz.com> wrote:

>I’m not a car junkie. I have problems with my 92 Explorer, and little
>money to fix. :( I’m getting little to no engine power, which is
>especially noticable going up hills. I have a huge leak of antifreeze
>out of a hose that looks like it is going to the engine(It has this
>small cap on it and the rubber thing in it is not stopping the
>anti-freeze from coming out). I went all over trying to find that part
>with no luck, guess I will have to go to the dealer. I need some
>suggestions on what to do? and What the problem(s) could be?

Gerry Pierce

Or go to Home Depot/Lowes and get a new rubber washer for it in the
lawn/garden center.

As for the lack of power... it could be alot of things.

"Big Shoe" <j_shoe.removethis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ulu4m1l1v3egvvosc5tmo4vel47a7sedqb@4ax.com...
> Just a wild guess, but is the cap installed in one of the heater
> hoses? Sounds like it could be a fitting installed as part of a
> Prestone anti-freeze flush kit. If so, easiest fix would be to
> replace the heater hose and eliminate the fitting with the cap.
>
> On 28 Oct 2005 12:39:10 -0400, monchie
> <UseLinkToEmail@www.autoforumz.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm not a car junkie. I have problems with my 92 Explorer, and little
>>money to fix. :( I'm getting little to no engine power, which is
>>especially noticable going up hills. I have a huge leak of antifreeze
>>out of a hose that looks like it is going to the engine(It has this
>>small cap on it and the rubber thing in it is not stopping the
>>anti-freeze from coming out). I went all over trying to find that part
>>with no luck, guess I will have to go to the dealer. I need some
>>suggestions on what to do? and What the problem(s) could be?

Ulysses

"monchie" <UseLinkToEmail@www.autoforumz.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not a car junkie. I have problems with my 92 Explorer, and little
> money to fix. :( I'm getting little to no engine power, which is
> especially noticable going up hills. I have a huge leak of antifreeze
> out of a hose that looks like it is going to the engine(It has this
> small cap on it and the rubber thing in it is not stopping the
> anti-freeze from coming out). I went all over trying to find that part
> with no luck, guess I will have to go to the dealer. I need some
> suggestions on what to do? and What the problem(s) could be?
>

Sounds like you better get some more money. As for the hose I can't quite
picture what it is you are talking about. The only coolant caps I know of
are the radiator cap and the reservoir cap.

As for lack of power it could be a lot of things such as a clogged air or
fuel filter, slipping transmission, bad spark plug wires, dirty sensors, or
who knows. Is it overheating? Maybe if you give us a little more
information...

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