[Quartz]

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.

:thumbsup:

 

[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.

 

[Quartz]

I agree about the Titan transmission cooler. It is huge.

 

[Blackbeauty]

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.

No argument required. I replaced my radiator this summer. Several hoses have been replaced since then as they progressively grew leaks. I had the fuel hose. In THIS real world, it won't last for **** on the T tranny lines....

Maybe we just live in different worlds?

 

[OnTheWrongSide]

.....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.

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

 

[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.

 

[RobKar]

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.

So, what you are say is, "hey, save $2 and use any old fule line, its all good"

Maybe fish tank air line will work too?

Haha... Sure call me a liar, but then again , where is the lab report on the used fule line?

 

[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.

 

[noel55]

Keep an eye on that hose I have read here ans elsewhere that Fuel line will not stand up to tranny fluid for long. I don't know if that's a fact or not but and ounce of caution is worth the cost of a new transmission!

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.

 

[RobKar]

what an old thread ...

 

[dubyam]

Wow! But, of course, fuel line is not suitable for trans fluid. Numerous sources will tell you that. Buy good trans lines and worm clamps. Then check them every time you change the oil.

Amazes me guys will balk at spending less than $50 on trans fluid line, without considering the trans will cost them 100x that amount when it blows a fuel line apart (due to chemical weakening, not too much pressure, BTW) and smokes the trans. Buy once, cry once.

 

[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.