Quote Originally Posted by BillBoost37 View Post
Plastic elbows were stock. Dorman came out with metal elbows later. Funny part is guys think the metal elbows are going to cure all their issues. It's the same o-ring and .. if you don't do the job right, it'll leak even with metal elbows.
you are right. bought the dorman metal elbows and installed them. Still have coolant seeping out from the upper hose, as the front of the engine looks wet. looks like I get to do the job over again. I want to keep the aluminum elbows, but what 0-rings should I replace them with? Im also thinking of putting some black rtv around the O-rings next time I do this.

I also have the black intake gasket. are the intake gaskets an easy job? if I do the intake, I want to put rtv sealant around the intake gasket as well.

After having the car for a while now and getting familiar with it, I notice when parking or stopped that when I turn the wheel there is a shuttering noise. It only does it when slowly moving or pulling in/out of parking spaces. Sounds like the steering is pulling too much power and engine idles way down. Anyone have experience with is issue? Also when it started getting cold out, there is a clunking from both sides of the front end going less than 10 mph. didn't do it when it was warm. did some research and crawled under it and checked the end links, wheel bearings, etc and everything felt tight. only thing that I noticed make a noise was pulling on the driveshaft as it moves in and out. The noise is rather annoying, but only does it when its cold out and less than 10mph going over bumps.

Other than those problems, I like this car, as does my wallet. I used to drive a full size pick up, but its been parked for the past 6 months since I got the grand prix. It also does better in the snow than I thought it would. I was hoping it would snow so I would have reason to drive the truck again. hehe