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     Kelly Fristoe (Kfristoe) Member Username: Kfristoe Post Number: 146 Registered: 12-2002 |
On my 2000 Disco 2 the oil cooler line connectors that connect to the radiator were leaking. It appeared to be a bad design as far as the connector goes. Anyway, I replaced it by cutting it off and using 1/2 inch hose and hose clamps along with a splicer/coupler into the factory hose. The hose that I used was fuel line hose and seemed to work well........for about 30 days. I replaced that part of the hose again and it worked well.......again for about 30 days. It appears that the hose will not hold up to the heat of the trans fluid. I searched around town and found a little heavier duty hose and have redone the repair. I lost quit a bit of transmission fluid while driving before I noticed this last hose malfunction. I don't think I lost enough fluid for there to be any problems as a result. Correct me if I'm wrong but I would think that if I would have lost enough fluid to do any damage that I would have felt the transmission slipping as a result. I'm sorry to be-labor this but I want to find out if anybody else has had this problem with this hose/connector and what they did to truly fix the problem. |
