Coolant Crossover Pipe Repair 5.0 V8

[txfromwi]

That little plastic piece is available in 2 ways that I know of.
1. In plastic from Rover, but you need to purchase that entire assembly, you cannot just purchase the plastic bit
2. In brass, there is another string on this website discussing. Not sure where to actually get one.

 

[powershift]

That is a pretty clever way of finding a leak.

 

[RoverTide]

So here is a link to the metal version. Just bought 2 of them, just in case. The description says does not fit naturally aspirated 5.0... but I called the company (Euro AMP), and he said that it would fit. If you buy the elbow with the thermostat tube, then you will need to specify NA vs S/C 5.0.

 

[RoverTide]

In the spirit of closure, I just wanted to wrap up this thread with the last repair that was made to stop the various coolant leaks (knock on wood). This weekend I replaced the small plastic elbow that attaches to the front of the water pump with the metal version. No more leaks. I am attaching a picture of the plastic one and the metal one (with the other pieces that came with it that I did not use) so you can see how they compare, and how I damaged the plastic one when trying to remove it from the water pump I just replaced. I should not have tried to re-use it in the new water pump, so I would highly recommend buying the metal version if you decide to replace your water pump (link in previous post). There is a good chance you will break it or damage it, like i did, when you try to remove it. You would be surprised how much coolant will leak from that fitting. Thanks to all of you for the advice and "shoulder to cry on". This issue almost broke me... not so much financially, but mentally.

 

[ktm525]

It's a stupid design.

 

[Rover Range]

It's a stupid design.

Could be worse.

 

[dlimanov]

@RoverTide their website says that the elbow doesn’t fit NA 5.0L motor and fits only the supercharged variants. it worked fine on yours without further modifications?

 

[dlimanov]

Could be worse.

this looks like a bmw n63/s63 engine by the looks of it. you haven’t known pain until you owned one of the early ones.

 

[Rover Range]

@RoverTide their website says that the elbow doesn’t fit NA 5.0L motor and fits only the supercharged variants. it worked fine on yours without further modifications?

Coolant pumps are the same.
Not sure why they would say they are different.

 

[powershift]

I'm tackling the front cross-over pipe today. Just waiting for the engine to cool off.