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Aug 20, 2021 | 01:38 PM

jahajazz

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Where does this rubber bumper go?

So I found this underneath my 02 the other day, and for the life of me I can not figure out where in the engine bay this belongs:

Any ideas?

Aug 20, 2021 | 01:39 PM

oharal

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If you attached a photo, it didn't stick.

Aug 20, 2021 | 01:53 PM

jahajazz

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Weird, the pic shows up on my browser in my first post. Can you see this one?:

Aug 20, 2021 | 02:00 PM

hungryhippo

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I found the exact same thing when i was changing the radiator. I still don't know where it came from.

Aug 20, 2021 | 02:46 PM

Zmeister

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It goes under the radiator cowl on the passenger side to protect the small return line at the top of the radiator......I believe.

Aug 20, 2021 | 04:45 PM

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Goes here !!

Aug 21, 2021 | 09:11 PM

hungryhippo

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Wow, thanks. Just put mine back before it gets lost

Aug 24, 2021 | 11:58 AM

jahajazz

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Thanks everyone, you rock!

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Aug 25, 2022 | 04:47 PM

jakedelrio

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Love the information on this site! Mine fell off last week and I could not for the life of me figure out where it came from.
Thanks again for the answer!

Aug 25, 2022 | 07:08 PM

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Finding that bumper laying on the ground is a rite of passage for being a C5 owner

. It happened to me also and took awhile to figure out where it went.

Aug 26, 2022 | 08:09 AM

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We’re these bumpers on all C5 model years? I’m the original owner of my 2004 vert, and I don’t have that piece and I don’t remember ever seeing it. Maybe GM re-engineered the radiator piping lines along the way?