SC'd 3800 Heater hose fitting

If you're talking about the hose barb connector just below the SuperCharger pulley, I had to replace mine several years back on a 94 SSEi. It actually broke when the dealer was attempting to replace the suspected leaking hose. It snapped off when they tugged on it. They wanted to remove the supercharger to repair at a cost of $300. I bought a internal pipe wrench and remove the threaded part of the hose barb. Yes it is threaded. I also bought a brass hose barb and installed instead of using the original plastic part. Theses two items are available at most hardware or home improvement stores in the plumbing section.

Hope this helps.

I thought my buddy at the Chevy Parts Dept said GM replacement pipes are either aluminum or steel like they were in the early 90's ( Like my car has ). I guess they had so many break and so many complaints about them being made out of plastic

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SuperCharger

The replacement part from "the General" is also made of metal now. The part on non SC'd engines gets damaged when ham-fisted mechanics get sloppy changing alternators. My Trans Sport required a replacement engine at 274,000Km because of that. The damage was done a couple days before I bought it, blown engine and all.