[titan14]

Ive used fuel hose for many years for tranny cooler lines.....never a problem. I would buy the heavier duty hose if u can find it, but i wouldnt consider it critical to have. Does anybody know the pressure in the tranny cooler lines? I did a flush on my other car recently, left the line open to drain fluid out, and the pressure in these lines are not that high. The fuel line hose is almost comparable to what the factory uses for tranny cooler hose

 

[titan14]

mcginkleschmidt, great post! I would not have expected the transmission line to have a higher PSI rating than fuel line. Glad I read this thread as I'll be changing out the cooler lines on my Ranger soon.

The fuel hose your referring to is not for fuel injection systems, that why the pressure is lower

 

[titan14]

Local Autozone has the Goodyear 65211 line in stock. I'm picking up a few feet and extra to have laying around.
Now, what about the radiator hoses, anyone replace those with something different or just reuse the ones on there?

rad. hoses are pre -formed to the correct shape for a clean install with no kinks

 

[titan14]

I did my other whip with fuel hose a few months ago. so far, no issues. car trannys arent high pressure

 

[titan14]

Im glad i feel comfortable also. Im not telling anyone to choose fuel hose over automotive type hydraulic hose. If you have the stronger hose, by all means, use that instead. What I am saying is fuel hose works. without issue. Period. If you cant admit that, or aren't able to prove otherwise, might give cause to wonder about ones mindset. And btw, fuel, including leaded and unleaded Gasoline, Diesel, Biodiesel†, E-85, 100% Methanol, ETHANOL and gasohol fuels are much harder on hose than transmission oil. Fuel hose for carbureted engines is aprox. 50 psi rated, and fuel hose for injected engines over 200 psi rated, both more than adequate for tranny pressures

 

[titan14]

Titan14 , The chemicals in transmission fluid are different then most types of fuels including diesel. Time is not your friend on this one.

you may notice from the links posted above that both hoses are manufactured from the exact same material.

 

[titan14]

I don't believe that titan14 preferentially purchased the fuel line hose over the transmission hose or was even offered a choice between the two. I expect that he purchased and installed the fuel line hose and before learning about the difference and is reluctant, at least in the short term, to change out the hose.

Not exactly. I tried to purchase the transmission cooler specific hose, but the store i was at did not have it. Knowing full well that fuel hose will also work without incident, i chose to purchase and use that versus driving all over town trying to locate and/or waiting to order the "transmission cooler" hose on-line.

Im not going to argue about this anymore. I used to make rubber hoses for aircraft, (fuel and hydraulic) and replace rubber O rings in aircraft hydraulic and fuel systems, so I do know a little something about what will work in the real world without the need to resort to chemistry lessons. In automotive applications, the difference between the two is the tranny hose is slightly thicker and stronger.

If I remember, and if i still am driving the same car 10 years from now, Ill try to make it back to let you all know how the fuel hose is still working just fine.

 

[titan14]

I don't understand trying to save two bucks when there is the slightest chance it will damage a 30K or more truck.

I did not install an auxillary tranny cooler on my Titan. I installed it on my car.

The reason for this is that the Titan already has a HUGE auxillary transmission cooler installed as OEM, and I decided to install an additonal cooler would be a complete waste.

the titans factory auxillary tranny cooler is about the same size as your radiator, so that little cooler you all added was more than likely a waste of time and money.

what i had was a nice, high quality by design B&M cooler that was removed from a previous vehicle before i sold it, and was sitting in my garage collecting dust for years.

 

[titan14]

only 4 years and 9 days until you have to report back.

We might as well do a six year update! Since the fuel hose was installed as tranny hose, over 6 years ago (it was installed before I participated in this thread) , I have replaced the radiator, almost exactly one year ago , which required removal and inspection of the hoses in question.

They are all perfect. No leaks, no rubber deterioration.

So, someone above appears to be less than honest in their assessment.

 

[titan14]

No, thats not what I said. Did you read this thread from the beginning? Maybe your automotive skills match your reading comprehension. And i wasnt calling u a liar, it was somebody else. But im not going to mention any names. Its not hard to figure out if you put some effort into it.

 

[titan14]

Update to the update. Its now been 11 years since my fuel hose tranny lines were installed. Still perfect, no leaks. Just came off a long road trip with the vehicle as well.

 

[titan14]

so I used 5/16 fuel line and it started weeping almost immediately so I would highly recommend buying actual transmission line. The inside of the fuel line must be a lot slicker and/or it’s a heat issue and fuel line is not meant for heat. I will be running out today to buy actual transmission line.

sounds like you bought some defective tubing. Mine still good after 11 years.