I just had my car in the shop to get a new water pump and alternator. That tube was badly rusted and they really wanted me to have a new one put on so I did. Mine is a 1996 Sable with a Duratec and I don't want to bring bad news, but if yours is anything like mine, the part alone was $184 bucks. That tube cost me more then the alternator or the water pump did.