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: Elbow on the radiator leaking?


77 K20
06-25-2010, 08:28 PM
I leave for vacation in 2 weeks or so- went out to do a lube on the truck. There is a wet area in front of the passenger tire up near the bottom corner of the radiator. It looks like some sort of plastic elbow comes out of the radiator? This is the area that is seeping.

Is that elbow replaceable? Or is it part of the radiator?

Brad92
06-28-2010, 02:17 PM
If the piece is what I think it is, its part of the rad.

77 K20
07-01-2010, 07:20 PM
I guess it is just the lower radiator hose. I went and looked at a Gates brand lower radiator hose and the elbow is molded into the hose. Part of that elbow then allows 2 more radiator hoses to come off of it. Wasn't expecting such an elaborate hose system. $92 for that hose also!