so my runner is leaking coolant everywhere and i took off what i THOUGHT was the thermostat housing to find that there was no thermostat and then i found out that it is actually off the lower hose, so heres my question, what is the housing looking thing called in the front middle of the engine (3.0) that the upper radiator hose connects to? mine is corroded very badly and need new gasket but can be cleaned up, thanks

 

the housing looking thing that the upper radiator hose connects to on my 92 3.0L, mine is corroded and needs new gasket but i dont know what the part is called

 

i don't think there is a gasket there. i used black rtv silicone to fix mine.

 

pics would help, but i think i know what your talking about. is it metal or plastic?

 

its metal, it goes right through the idler pulley, the half that connects to the hose has a groove for a rubber gasket, there was black silicone there before but looked very sloppy and wrong, there must be a gasket for this part

 

like i said, i don't think there is. just don't do it sloppy and wrong and you will be fine.

 

yea, there should be just a tight clamp that holds sqeezes the hose around the metal of the tube. you should probably clean off all of that sillicone and just get one of those metal clamps that has a screw piece to tighten it.