[jbogan]

hello, i have been doing a bit of research on my problem that occured today and I am pretty sure that it's the heater control valve, but I just want any opinions from anyone who agrees, or, thinks it may be anything else.

my car is a '91 saab 900 turbo, 130k miles.

problem: driving my car today i noticed that fishy coolant smell, and lo and behold there was coolant dripping into small puddles on the floor. luckily i have these ridged plastic floormats that collected the fluid well, but i do think some may have seeped under into the carpeting. i am afraid of this causing mildew or something...if anyone could tell me any action i could take that would help. i am leaving it overnight for now so all the dripping will stop and the fluid will collect before i clean the mat tomorrow morning. i havn't been using the heat since i noticed the problem.

anyway, so the coolant is leaking into the car. i believe its the heater control valve/heater core after looking online and talking to a friend. my questions are: how easy is this to replace? how expensive is the part(s)? how severe is this problem? is there a possibility that it could be anything else? where can i buy the part? any answers or advice you can give me would be so greatly appreciated. i love my car so much but recently it seems like its been one thing after another thats gone wrong. and i am so broke right now, i need to find a way to fix this problem as cheap as possible. thanks.