This repair might be the one that breaks me. I just don't know if i have the time or funds to deal with it, I've done digging on this website and others and I've come up with similar threads with similar issue, only one thread described my issue exactly, but it was from several years ago and the guy got no solution to my knowledge.
Basically, i had a huge coolant leak i noticed after pulling into my driveway. The radiator was a little bit low and the reservoir was near empty. I thought it would just be a hose, or even those two little hoses for the rear heater but those look totally fine to my surprise. No leak on any part of the hoses or the heater control valve. They actually look great, i narrowed down exactly where the leak was coming from, a weird spot.
The AC evap drain
This is located on the passenger side firewall right above the header and below the intake. Right where the heater core is i believe.
Someone in the other thread said that this drain also doubles conveniently as a drain for the heater core if it leaks. Is that true? And if so, do i absolutely NEED to replace the heater core in this scenario? From what i've seen of that repair, it is absolutely insane. I haven't tried back flushing it or trying to flush it out yet, that would probably be a cheap/good route to start? But what if it doesn't help at all? This problem is so bad, that when i blow my heater on full blast, the cabin fills with the sweet smell of antifreeze. It's a pretty gnarly leak.
The reason i don't wanna do the heater core, is cause in order to fix it, you gotta do
THIS