Awesome information.
I had a bad radiator, replaced it... but was still losing coolant
water pump went out... figured that was the problem... replaced it... but still losing coolant
Problem started getting serious using 1 gallon of water / coolant every 20 miles or so... could not find the leak...
Then it just started looking wet around this area in question, couple days later it was spraying out... on the verge of failure.
It was really easy to take apart... the elbows are fairly melted into the tensioner assembly unfortunatley... it will take a bit of work to clean up the assembly, but yea... a few dollar fix makes this totally worth it. I will update to let yall know if this finally solves my cooling system issues once and for all...