coolant elbows

**pittwalleye** · 12-07-2012

hey im pitt need to purchase those aluminum coolant elbows for the 3.8 l engine. where do i find them?

**Scottydoggs** · 12-07-2012

rock auto, zzp. and a few others

**wa04compg** · 12-07-2012

I just bought the Dorman ones from Rock Auto and they are really good quality...installed them and the new LIM gaskets hour ago

**Bessesen2** · 12-08-2012

Ahhh coolant elbows......4 words..pain in the @$$

**stealthee** · 12-08-2012

The repair isn't a pain in the ass at all. The fact that GM was so stupid and used something like coolant elbows is what is the pain in the ass.

**Scottydoggs** · 12-08-2012

while the design sucks, they are quite east to change.

i really dont know why they went this way vs a heater hose to nipples off the intake, and timing cover.

**chrisangelly1981** · 12-13-2012

I got mine from ZZP and they work great. Just had to remove the alt and 3 bolts on the houseing for the elbows.

**schollianmj** · 12-13-2012

would it be possible to cut threads and install a normal nipple in place of the elbows? I havent gotten my GTP yet (Hopefully tomorrow) but I keep finding these elbows as a problem when i search these cars...

**bricen18** · 12-15-2012

Are these elbows on supercharged cars only?

**REDCRAPGP** · 12-15-2012

Nope n/a have cooling elbows as well

**97GPJJ** · 12-15-2012

zzp has the best deal
the guys there are awesome and will help with anyting

**REDCRAPGP** · 12-15-2012

Originally Posted by 97GPJJ

zzp has the best deal
the guys there are awesome and will help with anyting

Zzp nutrider? Yea ask around there customer service is terrible. Rockauto would be a cheaper place. Also Zzp advertises (or at least did) the aluminum coolant elbows as their own which is b/a Dorman made em. Go compare the prices between both sites and tell me who's cheaper.