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Coolant Elbow Problem

Eaton Fuller makes this stuff in a little bottle that's specially made to fit o-rings into spaces to prevent nicking them...it's got the consistency of honey, but it works very very nice.

It comes in about an 9oz bottle, $20 or so, but a little bit goes a looooooooong way.
 


It's something that we get through our shop...I'll have to get part numbers...

But if enough people are interested, I can see if I can get ya the hook up. :cool:
 


OK, here's the deal. I can get the stuff. It comes in an 8oz bottle, cost runs $25 + shipping. If anyone is interested, I can order a case of the stuff if we get enough people.
 
Scotty, I'd say 3-4 people. It's really no problem to order the stuff anyway, we use it quite a bit here.

Lee, anywhere that you use o-rings. It's really good for the coolant elbows, but anywhere you need to use it that may nick o-rings. A group of guys could buy one bottle, divide it up equally. It's good for a club to have just one, since you don't need very much at all to use.
 


Reptile said:
Scotty, I'd say 3-4 people. It's really no problem to order the stuff anyway, we use it quite a bit here.

Lee, anywhere that you use o-rings. It's really good for the coolant elbows, but anywhere you need to use it that may nick o-rings. A group of guys could buy one bottle, divide it up equally. It's good for a club to have just one, since you don't need very much at all to use.
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Ah I understand...it is really good o-ring lube. It must be REALLY slick stuff. Don't let Scotty buy too much or it will wind up in his supercharger.:th_tongue-frog:

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I use some silicone grease on the o-rings (injectors, coolant elbows, etc).....no problems here.
 
I had no lube so I used a tiny bit of plug boot grease. I ended up going to Pontiac and buying the GM elbows. Decided the extra $ is worth saving the hassle. They came to 16 bucks for the 2 elbows. I bit expensive but after reading all the hassle with the Help section elbows I decided not to chance.
 


I've never had any issues with the Help section elbows and @ $4, they can't be beat. They look exactly the same as OEM to me......down to the color of the o-rings.
 
DuBob said:
I've never had any issues with the Help section elbows and @ $4, they can't be beat. They look exactly the same as OEM to me......down to the color of the o-rings.
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There are differneces in the Help section ones, and thus the problem. Not sure if it's visual, but the chinese ones won't last...according to the Bonne guys.
 
Zef_66 said:
Now I am curious...whats the difference?
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Seem to have a higher break rate at the elbow versus the ones not made in China. I found this out when doing a bunch of research for the friend at work needing his replaced. Me, I figured, no problem, it's got to be just like a GP. While similar it wasn't the same. Plus his belt needed replacing at the same time. The stinking motor mount goes through the belt:(. Thus began web searching. Didn't want to got to his house and look more stupid than absolutely necessary.:o
 
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