Bad gaskets?

[matt5112]

They leak outta the box if you dont install them properly lol.

The only benefit to the GM elbows is the orings resist crushing better apparently.

The only other thing you can do when you're in there is the lifters but they're pretty good as long as you drain the coolant (take off the lower rad hose) before you remove the LIM... Otherwise all that coolant dumps into the lifter valley and down around the cam and back down to the pan.

Supersport covered everything else.

[40th GP]

They leak outta the box if you dont install them properly lol.

The only benefit to the GM elbows is the orings resist crushing better apparently.

So I got the elbows to stop leaking for a time, and now they are back to leaking even worse. I guess I shouldn't say 'they', it is only the upper that is leaking. They are brand new, but they are the Dorman/Autozone variety. I don't see any other way to install them--I put them in the bracket, then slide that straight on with the elbows going straight into the holes. Is there some special trick to installing them correctly, or do I need to get new/dealer elbows (I have heard the autozoners can leak even new)?.

Anyone know the dealer part number for them, and are both elbows the same part number?

[The Guz]

When you install the coolant elbows use some vasloine or something to lube the o-rings so they don't get damaged.

This is the part number for the OEM elbows:
24503423
12565082

[40th GP]

When you install the coolant elbows use some vasloine or something to lube the o-rings so they don't get damaged.

This is the part number for the OEM elbows:
24503423
12565082

Picked them up at the stealership on the way home. I think I need some vaseline after that trip.

I know which is the upper and which is the lower elbow, but which end of each elbow goes in the bracket and which goes in the manifold? It looks like the ends are slightly different sizes, and I just want to make sure I am popping them in the right way. Perhaps that is my problem on the replacements--could I have the wrong end in the manifold? The autozone pieces seemed like they were the same size on each end of each elbow if I remember correctly. Anyone recall which end goes in the bracket and which goes in the manifold?