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the explanation, guide through, and the cameras view of the whole thing is unmatched. thank you sir

The top one on mine blew up on a hard pull like 3 days ago, thanks for the vid. Very Comprehensive and easy to follow. Keep up the good work boss!

Big help I had thought I had a blown head gasket, but I think now it was just spraying in that general direction. Mine are still plastic and 275 k miles. I'm pretty sure this is all it's gonna be. Hey thanks again big time

Best video on the web by far of how to do this job thank you sir.

If your buy the Dorman 47065HP heater connector bypass pull the o rings off and check the fit in the holes. i had to file the casting seames on both fittings before it would fit.

Such a tremendous help. Love this man…. Thank you!

Thanks, just what I needed.

Yeah i took the heater hoses off and it made it easier. Good video. It made me ok to tackle the job. Thanks

I appreciate your thoroughness. Great job. Now I maybe can do mine.

I've had 2 sets of the Doorman replacement elbows took a micrometer and measured the Rings and they're undersized so I just went back to original plastic elbows

thank you so much for the video. your excellent at this, you dont talk about your dog cat or what your doing tomorrow you get right into it thank you.

Great teach ,the mechanics $195 to put on , you made me not scared at all, my usual concerns is breaking and plastic connectors,glad none on here. Thanks 🎉

I hate to be that guy, but literally the only thing holding the bypass is the 2 heater core lines. why not take them off and clean the whole assembly properly. i have watched a few of these and they all leave it connected. Sorry but it is a good video i meant to mention that.

EXCELLENT JOB

I got a Monte Carlo SS dirt cheap with a brand new engine the mechanic reused the plastic elbows on they got about 10,000 miles and it failed they sold it under the premise it was intake or head gaskets this is the #1 thing to do to this engine regardless of it leaking or not

" And there it is ". I hope things go together that smoothly when I attempt this fix. Fingers crossed.

thanks master ... you're great with this works...

What a moronic design,amazing,great video man, great camera work.

The tensioner sides have a long cylinder design so they seal at multiple areas. You really should be oiling those o rings before they go in. I use A/C pag oil just to help during the install. They fail around 5 years for a normal 3800 even if using OEM parts. Also dont use the dorman rings, they are just trash and will fail within 1 year or less. Its best to install the elbows into the tensioner first, then come from the side getting both elbows into the pump and manifold at the same time as you mentioned, just moved fast in the video. Youre lucky there isnt a supercharger in the way of your tensioner. I changed my rear plastic oil cover thing at the same time to aluminum so that was fun. Its best to do that upgrade while doing this replacement as you need to remove the tensioner to get it out. Once youre all done, coolant bleed time.

Thank you.. Dat was a real good video.. awesome

Dude took my whole intake manifold off

*A small piece of the plastic elbow fell into the block as i trying to remove it. The rest of the elbow plastic was very brittle upon touching it. Should I be worried about that small piece that fell in? Or will it just desintgrate over time?*

i don't know how you just pushed that up in there bye hand and the bolts just went right in i have spent 2 days trying to get mine back in and no luck ???

Great video, but u forgot the alternator bracket

Have anyone gotten a burning smell from the elbows leaking

Did you drain the radiator before you pulled the elbows off ?

i have a question. the part that the water pump bolts to, is that separate from the block or is it part of the block's cast? i have a coolant leak and where the left most bolt of the water pump bolts in, it looks like it's coming from BEHIND where the pump bolts on. either the cast portion where the bottom of the tensioner feeds coolant is separate from the block or i have a cracked block

Did you drain the radiator before doing this job?

God job

After getting them in and filling up the water i found out i had a cracked block water in the oil its in the junk yard now.

Hey where did you get those blue pliers at and what are they called technically

What kind of electric tool is that you have, yellow?

U realize you're dumping as many pieces.. INSIDE as your pulling out.. & the unit hole is pointed up.. Making it.. Harder to clean it out.. Oops

I'd like to hunt down who made the decision to make these plastic instead of metal. I have been messing with this for the last 3 hours. No matter how far I push the pipes in I can NOT get everything to line up. Bolts are binding. They go in like butter with the piece of shit out of the way but once I try to line everything up to send them in they just bind up. Such a shit design.

I have a Monte Carlo ss myself if anyone can help the aluminum ones wouldn't fit right (too loose) I ended up taking them back to the shop and got the plastic ones they snapped in is there something idk if it's just the elbow I got or is there a different one I needed

Son in-law ad one of these vehicles. The elbows failed on a regular basis. Terrible design.