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Your cart is empty.This replacement engine coolant water outlet is engineered to match the fit and durability of the stock engine coolant water outlet on specified vehicles. It is designed to withstand extreme temperature changes to extend service life. This part is compatible with the following vehicles. Before purchasing, enter your vehicle trim in the garage tool to confirm fitment. [Saturn SC2: 2000, 2001, 2002] - [Saturn SL2: 2000, 2001, 2002] - [Saturn SW2: 2000, 2001]
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
Fits perfectly, you will need to use sand paper to make it flush to the engine and trim up the manifold a bit
Aubrey Bell
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023
Pay close attention to the cutting instructions on the intake manifold. There isn't very much deviation in cutting instructions before destroying the manifold.
sudsycloud454
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022
Not sure why, but mine leaked using their crappy paper gasket. Glad I vacuum checked the system first before filling. I even installed mine with the engine out of the car. I seem to be the minority with this issue, but be aware. I used some Right Stuff on the gasket and it's been fine. For the price, they could have easily machined the flange to use the OEM silicone seal rather than a paper gasket. What is this, the 1980's? The studs don't have a hex on them to torque them properly before installing the pipe, they are only zinc plated, and the nuts are cheesy with no washers. I used some M8 exhaust manifold nuts on it instead. No instructions either so those that are nervous about cutting the OEM pipe from the manifold, be careful.
Tom A.
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
After discovering a coolant leak behind the engine during some unrelated repairs on our 2000 Saturn SL2, I researched the possible causes and discovered that it was very common for a tube molded into the plastic intake manifold to crack and cause coolant to drip out behind #4 cylinder. Careful examination indicated that this was the cause of my leak, and further research led me to discover this Dorman outlet. Initially it appeared that I'd have to remove the intake manifold to make the necessary modifications to it so the new outlet could be installed on the side of the cylinder head, but I subsequently discovered that some folks had devised a way to cut the damaged portion of the manifold off without removal. I was able to do this with the end result exceeding my expectations, although it took hours of work laying over the engine and using a small hack saw, inspection mirror, 2 Dremel tools and 600 grit sand paper. This replacement outlet works great and makes for a robust permanent repair. I'd have given it 5 stars, but as other reviewers noted, the mating surface isn't flat enough to create a proper seal so I had to use a belt sander to smooth it out. Also, there aren't any lock washers included, and the 2 studs should have been about 10mm longer to allow deeper anchoring into the head and also allow a few threads to protrude above the hex nuts after everything is installed. FYI, you don't want to over torque the nuts, and some suitable sealant should be used on both sides of the fiber gasket to ensure there's no future leaks. But even with its minor faults, I heartily recommend this item to anyone who's got a moderate amount of experience working on cars and faces this same situation while not wanting to spend well over $1,000.
Hotroddin1971
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2021
A major improvement over the plastic intake piece that always breaks after time, steel beats plastic any day. A little extra work but not really much more than replacing the intake would have involved plus it cheaper than another intake costs and the car won't have that issue ever again!
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
This worked great I was very unsure if it was a good or bad idea to do without removing the manifold as a mechanic myself I decided to try it without removing and managed to do it successfully though I think removing the manifold is much safer but I didn't want risk braking anything or running into extra trouble I used a dremel with a combination of cutting wheels and carbide de burr bits cutting small pieces off at a time but you must be very careful of the egr tube just below it I removed and tucked below it is a little tough to cut it off but can be done as long as you don't go too deep into the plastic manifold take your time test fit the piece as you cut and grind at first I was going to replace the manifold but this would probably re occur in the future
John Barelli
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2017
The intake manifold on a Saturn SL2 is made of plastic, and for reasons that escape me, both the manifold water outlet and the overflow connection are molded in the same piece as the air intake manifold. Boiling hot pressurized water, plastic parts, 200,000 miles, and seventeen years do not make a good combination.This little gadget, combined with a youtube video showing how to fix the manifold without essentially disassembling the engine solved the problem, and our little Saturn is happily back on the streets, apparently good for another couple hundred thousand miles.I should point out that the approved way of installing this requires a lot of disassembly of various engine components. The alternate method of installation (that we used) does require much care in cutting away part of the intake manifold while it's still on the engine, and if you cut it wrong, you will need to replace the whole manifold (about $250), and then do the disassembly routine, as the problem with this part is that there isn't enough room in the engine compartment to remove the manifold without removing two engine mounts, the power steering pump, the fuel rail, and a bunch of other parts.But if you (or your friendly mechanic) are very careful, you can save yourself a lot of time and/or money using this.
Robert Booker
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2017
This part was reasonably straightforward to install although it was a bit more difficult to cut the old broken water inlet/outlet off the manifold than I had expected. It is possible to do without removing the manifold, but I recommend taking your time and cut carefully, there isn't a ton of wiggle room on the manifold side for the nut once you put in the new stud. Mine was a bit scarred up when I finished, but the new part fits and does not leak!!
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