Any ideas? Broken coolant elbow won't come out of water pump..

[CRU1Z3R]

Sup guys, well today I've been really productive on my car, replaced my motor mount, replacing my back valve cover gasket and cleaned out the power steering res and put new in, and now I'm almost to the point of putting stuff back together, but I have a coolant elbow that did break off in the water pump, any ideas on how to get this piece out? Without taking the water pump off perferdly....

[ItHurtz]

grab it with pliers and tug it out. Its just a plastic piece with a o ring.

[dsmuts]

needle nose pliers and a some wiggling?

[2004GrandPrixGT1]

^^agreed, or if you have an awl that'll work too!

[gtpeddie]

that should be to hard to get out at all

[CRU1Z3R]

Got all the old ends of the elbows out of the pump, LIM, and tenisoner assembly, any good suggestions about what else I need to remove, to get to the back valve cover? I started removing a bracket or two on the back side, am I really going to have to remove the fuel rail to get this damn thing off? If so how do I disconnect the fuel rails from the lines?

[lrscgod]

Sell the car! J/K fuelline removal tool usually works, they're cheap

But why do you need to remove all that to get a coolant elbow out?

[CRU1Z3R]

Lol this all started as a project to replace the back valve cover gasket, that tensioner has to come off its in the way...

[lrscgod]

Ahhh, I see says the blind man, the removal tool can be had at any parts store, as I said they are cheap

[CRU1Z3R]

cool, I'll make my way there tomorrow, anyone know the best place to get a replacment rubber "T", the ones that sits under the snout, I found mine in 3 pieces today during the disassembly........tried at advanced auto today, no luck...figure my luck would be the same at the zone and oriely's

[Deviq]

I couldn't find just the rubber T anywhere. AZ sells rubber hoses and you have to pretty much replace the whole line to make it work, or head to the dealer and get the whole assembly for around 35.

[bps02gtp]

Go to the junkyard and pocket it. As far as the fuel rail go u should have plenty of slack in the lines to just lift them up and out of the way. It should reach all the way to the driver side fender. U don't have to disconnect the lines.

[BillBoost37]

Fuel rail and fuel line aren't in the way of the rear valve cover. If you think they are.... look again from a different angle.

Wow..I'm fairly hung over.