1.4L naturally aspirated aluminum water outlet upgrade mod

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As some of you may recall, I deleted the coolant plumbing from my oil cooler and turbocharger over a year and a half ago.
I've found the water outlets for the naturally aspirated (except Volt) 1.4s that are sold just about everywhere around the world, except North America, that dont have the the heater hose provision going to those two items on ebay, and even more recently, an aluminum version of it.
So it was time to convert, and replace all the other coolant hoses, and make a few modifications to reroute some of the hoses to keep them out of the way and make a cleaner engine bay.

 

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Pics are too large to upload.
I'll try to post them when time permits tonight.
But here are a couple I was able to get in.

 

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Before (top) and after...
Other than the water outlet, the most noticeable difference is the rerouted hose to the coolant reservoir in this pic.

 

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Closer view of the new water outlet.
I made studs to mount it to the head.
I used stainless for the studs and serrated flange nuts.
Thread size is M6 x 1.0.

 

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View of how the hoses attach to the reservoir now.

 

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The non-stock parts I used to reroute the reservoir hoses.
90 deg. 5/16" hose barb.
3/4" to 3/8" adapters to reduce the hose size to 3/8" to make it possible to route the hose where I needed.
The 180 degree 3/4" hose to point it in the new direction.
And the 1st gen Cruze heater core tee.

 

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This pic just shows the difference between the turbo and the n/a water outlets.

 

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The N/A outlet had the casting for the O2 sensor connector holder as well, but since I don't use it, I cut it off and re-textured the surface.
Looks like it was never there.

 

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This shows the 3/4" regular heater hose used to connect the water pump to the Cruze plastic "tee" fitting on the heater core fitting on the firewall.
On the other side of the tee is a short piece 3/4" molded hose then a barbed reducer to 3/8" heater hose, which then goes over the brake booster, then between the battery and fuse box, then over to the reservoir where it connects to another adapter, then to a 180 deg. U-bend 3/4" hose to attach to the reservoir.
The Cruse tee fitting comes with molded hose already attached, but they didn't route the way I wanted, so I cut off the molded plastic "crimps" that retained those hoses and removed them.
There's also a indexing notch inside the heater core end, but it isn't "clocked" in the right position with the sonic notch on the heater core tube, so I had to carefully cut it out to allow for the indexing shown in the pic.