One of the coild packs on my 1999 w/3800 eng went bad ( went through the diagnostics to make sure,, then swapped it with a borrowed coil pack from a friends car to confirm the problem . I purchased a new BWD 51P coil pack at a local auto parts store an installed it . I tried to start the engine and ...

oops typo. I meant 14 tears old.

It is not damaged that I anm aware of but I am going to change a leaking coolant elbow ( between tesioner and LIM) for the last time I hope and want to replace this o-ring too . After all, it is 14 years old and subject to failure form heat . If I cannot find an 0EM o-ring , I would like to know the ...

I am changing the coolant elbow and also want to replace the o-ring on the belt tensioner ( where it fits into the water pump ). I would appreciate some help with the size of for a replacement o-ring . - Thanks

Use black red RTV on o-rings for "insurance" Y/N ?

I also want to replace the black o-ring on the part of tensioner housing that goes into the water pump housing Doe anyone know the size and or part # ?

-Thanks

I will be changing the coolant elbows very soon and wondered if anyone has yet used the "improved" Dorman coolant elbows . Are they better than the old ones ?



BTE- I haven't been back to the parts store however I am pretty sure that the part # and packaging was the same. I asked the parts guy to ...

I just looked at a Dorman coolant elbows in a packed that a recently arrived at my neearby chain autoparts store. The elbow with the same diameter ends had 11300 stamped on it .

The elbow on my car (1998 Oldsmobile 3.8) is the elbow in the package that has 2 different diameter ends . The larger ...

I contacted Dorman tech support about the bad coolant elbows. They told me that there was a problem but were not specific about it (didn't mention o-rings and I forgot to ask). They told me that the "improved" version has production code number of 11300 or higher stamped on the elbow. Who knows ...

Same problem here. I wonder if one can identify from the package (part#, color etc) as whether the stock at the auto parts store (usually O'Reilly for me) is the new design ?

I called Dorman on Monday morning, but I forgot to update this though. I ended up speaking with an engineer, and he said ...

I need to change a leaking coolant elbow on my car and want to make sure that I get the new Dorman product .

Does anyone know how to distinguish the new improved version vs the old version of Dorman coolant elbows (ie difference in packaging or part # etc).

Also - red RTV on LIM o-ring for ...