Thread: What hose is this???

Thats a coolant elbow

thats your coolant elbow. bout 5 bucks a pack at any auto parts store

those are coolant elbows, can be found in the help section at your local parts store

thats the oring that got smashed up.

but yes, they are very very common to break, leak, etc.

essentially... getting it out it may break so be prepared to pick plastic pieces out. getting em in. lube em up with crisco or whatever you have and slide it in very gently and let it take it's place in there.

you have to take off the alternator/tensioner assembly to get it

insane? it's easy. EASYYY.

work on some other cars and then tell me this is insane. i can do this in like 10 minutes, plus coolant re-fill and bleed time

yeah it wat 3-4 bolts? then move it, pull out and clean the holes. lube and put new elbows in. button it back up

3 or 4 to get the alternator bracket and alternator off, then 3 i believe to get the tensioner bracket. then pull, then spew coolant, and put it back together

First you need to remove the belt. I find it easier to take the belt off by first removing the coolant reservoir. There are two 10mm nuts holding the reservoir down. Simply remove them and lift up on the reservoir and set it aside. Now that you have more room, take a 15mm wrench or socket on the tensioner and take the belt off.

Disconnect the alternator wire and plug.

Three 15mm bolts holding the alternator in place, remove those. Set alternator aside.

Three 15mm bolts holding the alternator bracket in place. Two are obvious, the other one you cant see but you'll find it.

Once you remove the bolts you can now carefully pull out the coolant elbows and replace with new ones. Heater Hose Fitting | 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix 6 Cylinders 1 3.8L SFI SC OHV | AutoZone.com

Put a small amount of oil or vaseline on the orings before you put the new ones back in. Doesn't hurt to clean up the holes where they go into either.

Put everything back on and be done with it.


Your welcome......

I just got home and car is leaking underneath. Dripping on the transmission pan ,corner passenger side.

Looks like coming from above, probably elbows, could it be waterpump ? Will be able to see better in morning.

Leak is toward front of car,dripping above cv shaft forward of shaft.

and i've found..if you will just get the elbow partially in the tensioner while aiming it in the LIM hole, get it just seated. then get your 3 bolts started. push the elbow in and keep wiggling it to keep slack in it, and just keep moving it as you tighten it down and eventually it will fit in its spot and be a perfect 90 degree angle. make sure it's perfect or they'll leak again.