Ok heres the deal, i have a 2001 monte carlo 3.8 N/A and yesterday it strarted over heating a bit but i payed no mind to it but on the way home from work last night it really start to over heat so i turn on the A/C so it would cool down a little and all i could smell was Anti-freeze so this morning i open the hood and radiator had no water at all.... i drop it about 2 gallons of water in there for the mean while to see were it was leaking from and found out that it was leaking from a plastic elbow located right under the alternator. so what i was wonder if this part is hard to change i had it changed once already but i dont want to take it back and pay for it to be done.... just wondering how hard is it to change and how can i change it?

 

wow need some help on this stat and its been on here for a couple of day and nothing at all wut a let down.... just to keep u guys informed had to stick some jb weld on that elbow so it would leak that much coolant kinda worked so gotta find out how to change that elbow

 

if the car is overheating, turn on the HEAT,not the ac.

 

you did good but you should have pulled over to a gas station to let it cool befor you went to go home. because it could have led to a worse problem like a cracked block or heads. when you said that you turned on the ac it turns on the outher fan it has for the ac you did it kind of smart on doing that. it is a little of a pain in the neck to do you will have to use at least two elbow extentions to get a good angel to remove the elbow. i am still looking for a after market metel one for you to use instead of the plastic one insted of going to have the same problem in the future, when you repace it.

 

oh i forgot to say do a leak down test to make sure that you dont have bad heads when you fix that elbow. just to make sure you dont have outher more expencive problem.