Thread: How hard is it to do coolant elbows?

What bolt are you referring to scotty?

for me its my lim bolt, (i cant remove it with the blower on) where ever your bolt is it also may be bolted into a coolant passage, so if you remove that bolt,(the one you see leaking) if you can you could put some plumbers sealant on the bolt and bolt it back on.

Serious update: My problem has gone from questionable to an actual external leak. It turns out that my main coolant elbow is leaking badly, like it happened overnite or somethin. I went to my mechanic this mornin and tell him how im loosing coolant faster then usual. He checks around the wp and elbow area and you can smell some coolant. Now ive never seen any coolant on the ground but today we see my car just dripping away and its basically a puddle now. So tom he's gonna put it on the lift for me and see where exactly its coming from but im sure its my coolant elbow now. The whole passenger side axle/subframe area is where its leaking from. ... Im now forced to carry a gallon of coolant around with me just in case.

Why rely on a mechanic?

Fill the system and fire it up. Look for the leak.

The most common coolant elbow is easy to spot as it's visible.
The heater hose to alt bracket connections are easy if you wipe them with your. Those are o-rings as well.
The water pump is down lower and would pee out the bottom of it, get flung around by the belt and WP pulley to make a nice big wet motor.

A simple inspection can tell you where it's leaking from.

Yea you can see wetness around the coolant elbow, more then yesturday thats why i said its prob that. He mentioned it could be my wp though. i never looked towards the bottom of it but it could be. Ill try and get it on my ramps later and see. Its crazy but i expected it since its common on these cars, i just hope i can make it til tom or the end of this week as ill have more money.

Got $16 ? You can swap the elbow for $4 and get a bottle of coolant for $10. Add $2 for tax