Thread: Aluminum coolant elbow

The top one is too close together. I think that would appear fordish

its just a small bend tho, without adding a larger loop of hose its gonna be kinked.

then put 90* fittings on them and link them with those. forced arc of tubing. or buy some short, short fittings.

all i'm saying is it's possible and very easy.

its probably got to do with how cheap coolant elbows are

why reinvent the wheel, even if the wheel wobbles.

I still don't get why you guys have troubles with the elbows.

i dont when we did my lim we popped 2 new metal ones in and called it a day. no rtv, nothing.

Never stick it in dry.. you shoudl always lube it up. You know that..lol

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

I still don't get why you guys have troubles with the elbows.

i never had any issues with them either, but considering there are so many people that DO have issues with them i am unsure as to why not one person has ever done what i've been describing.

dont worry bill, smutty lubed up first

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

you and i have the worst alt bracket out there, we have more of a chance breaking the timing cover with the cast elbow.

Yeah i know

But I didn't and I was yankin on that thing pretty hard. As long as your gentle and its not corroded to ****, you shouldnt break anything.

I used wd40 and jordon seemed to like it like that. Little lube goes a long way. I've never used rtv on elbows and never had a problem.

FWIW WD40 eats some types of rubber.

I've used it before and it was ok. For Jordon sake I hope it works for him lol

Upper elbow broke Monday at Boy Scouts. Pumped all the coolant out and had to be towed home. There was only the piece begin the o-ring left in both sides. The other elbow looked fine. Elbows were about 14 months old.

Will see how well aluminum works this time. I put a little dielectric grease on to slide them in.

I assume you had the factory ones before or the aftermarket plastic ones?

Originally Posted by UCF04GPGTPCompG

I assume you had the factory ones before or the aftermarket plastic ones?

I had aftermarket elbows.

The ones I had from Autozone busted several times, I decided to get the GM ones and those are good. Now I got the metal ones as backup for whenever the GM ones die.

i went thru like 3 or 4 sets of the plastic ones before i came across these. for some reason, right before i found these, every time i would get up to about 100 mph, it would blow thru the elbows, either one or both, every time. couple times it was at the seams, couple times it was right at the end where it goes into the motor. not sure why. flushed the whole system, replaced the cap, got the aluminum ones, and its been awesome ever since. except for the no 3rd gear... lol

Did ~120 last night to test out the set in my engine. No worries or issues.. plastics are doing well for me.

I really don't have a clue what you guys do to these things.