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There has always been a slight smell in my car. After tearing things apart looking for a dash rattle, I�ve found this dried up gunk under the driver and passenger side dash, near the center of the car behind the radio/hvac controls.
The smell is more of a caramel type smell more than anything. When I first saw this I thought someone spilled their coffee. Now I�m thinking heater core leaking.
Thoughts? Nothing is wet, all these orangish/brown colored spots are chalk dry.
Also, anyone know what the electrical connector in the last pic goes to?
That female plug is the connection for the optional car telephone. It is very useful as a source of switched power and ground for accessories such as a Bluetooth module, etc., and I believe it also has constant power. The male plug which comes with ~18" of wire is available and makes adding the accessories an almost plug n play.
No dash removal required - the heater core is accessed from the frunk.
Remove the wiper blade arms, remove the windshield cowling, then remove the wiper blade linkage and unhook the heater core hoses. Then remove a foam cover that seals over the top of the heater core housing, two screwed, and it comes right out. Pretty easy, maybe an hours worth of work total to replace.
Pretty simple - here�s the whole
kit from FCP Euro.
I have Porsche coolant in my garage and the hoses on my car look brand new, so I just ordered the core, both seals, and all the clamps just because haha.
The seal that is the cover on the trunk side probably doesn�t need to be replaced, mine came off fine, but for $38 I just ordered a new one with new adhesive on it.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/por...rsche-715306kt
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