Thread: Aluminum Coolant Elbows

Originally Posted by spazzz

You probably want to get new delco orings before you put them in.
Turbocharged400SBC recommended deburring the casting marks in the oring grooves. 220 emery is what I used. I lubed with plumbers heat proof grease.

So far so good. The original orings died after 1 1/2 years

I asked this in another thread but would using RTV be a bad idea? I know it'd make changing them a pain in the future but using aluminum I shouldn't have to right? That way I know the seal will never go bad.

Originally Posted by Keko

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If you have amazon prime and don't mind waiting a few days this is the cheapest. I used these recently, didn't have any problems. Pretty sure this is what ZZP sells you, but with expensive shipping lol.

I don't have prime unfortunately but saw Rockauto sells them for about $7 plus whatever their shipping would be. I'll probably end up just going to autozone though.

Originally Posted by SomeDudeAtHome

I asked this in another thread but would using RTV be a bad idea? I know it'd make changing them a pain in the future but using aluminum I shouldn't have to right? That way I know the seal will never go bad.

I've actually seen RTV recommended a few times, and so I did it. No issues from it, just don't cover it in rtv.