Coolant elbows

**TorqueAutoMotiv** · 11-29-2009

Do autozone/kragen/pepboys carry them Or is it a dealership or mail order deal
I forgot to get them and need them by tues Couldant find them on az site any one have a part num or info

**minichopper6hp** · 11-29-2009

**TorqueAutoMotiv** · 11-29-2009

You the man thanks the guy at autozone had no effin clue what i was talking bout

**matt5112** · 11-29-2009

Theres a doorman part number, its 47065. Look for it in the "HELP!" section at your parts store.

Edit: Nice one minichopper... even found a pic.

Made in China FTW!

**Iron Indian** · 11-29-2009

Get the GM ones!!!!!!!

Let me tell you why... I donno if this is the case now but the Help elbows have had known problems in the past (look it up on ClubGP). Oddly enough I didn't find out about this till a month or so after doing a few side jobs on some cars. I put those Elbows on my Black car because I was doing the LIM, and I did the Elbows on my brother in laws car because I replaced the valve cover gaskets. I did both cars within the same day of each other. A little over a year to the date I put those bastards in, the upper one started dripping on both cars! Needless to say, I had to do them both over again. After reading a good thread on ClubGP I went to the dealer and bought them this time around. My white one has had the elbows replaced (with GMs) for over 5 years now, I have yet to have a problem with them.

Moral of the story... If you want to be like me and several others on ClubGP who purchased these "Help" elbows and have to replace them months later, get em. If you want ones that will work for years of trouble free use, get the GMs. There only a few bucks more and will save you buying coolant again.

I know you're thinking, How do you **** up making elbows, I donno. But I PERSONALLY suspect a problem with the o-rings themselves. Although both sets I pulled out showed nothing odd, I did noticed the orings where flat and IMO didn't hold up like they should.

**matt5112** · 11-29-2009

Made in china? Need I say more?

**minichopper6hp** · 11-29-2009

Ive never had ANY problems with them.

**Iron Indian** · 11-29-2009

many others have including myself on 2 other cars at that. I wouldn't of believe it if it didn't happen to me. Figured I better warn somebody, hopefully this post saves someone a few $$ and time and trouble...

**minichopper6hp** · 11-29-2009

Yea maybe. Oh well.

**04 prix** · 11-29-2009

Yea dude I had to replace mine like 30 min ago and I bout mine at autozone for a little under 5 bucks. On the package it said they work on gm vehicles with the 3.8 and they did fit good.

**TorqueAutoMotiv** · 11-29-2009

Well I got the az ones Ill have to keep an eye on them

**QUICKSILVER462** · 11-30-2009

The trick is that when installing these plastic pieces is that the holes are perfectly clean, and I'm not sure how many people go throught the trouble of sanding the corrosion out of the bores. The reason is if the tubes do not slip in easy with oil coating the 0-ring, there will be stress on the plastic and they will break/crack in the groove for the o-ring. Also they must be free to move a little after the bracket is installed so as not to create extra force on the cheap plastic part during temperature cycling. If you are not able to wiggle them a little after installed, you might have a problem later. I installed the plastic ones on my car after replacing my LIM gaskets. I used the thoery I stated above and have not had a problem yet, but I probably just jinksed my self, LOL.
I figued if they break again, they really are not that hard to change, and then I will have to make or buy better ones.

**Vegas~Blown** · 11-30-2009

the upper ones from "HELP" aren't exactly 90 deg like the GM ones (they're off a degree or two). Not sure that's why they fail in time but that's what I saw when I put the "HELP" one ontop of the GM replacement I bought.