very true

 

That sounds like a great idea. I would probably end up cutting the rusted metal about an inch before the other rubber piece and just have that serve as my spacer. I believe I need a special hose so that it won't decay because of the ATF, is that correct?

 

the hoses that are on there might have some writing or something on it to indicate what it is. if you get a chance, check and see. then let us know what it says if so.

 

Nope, there's no writing on the hose but I googled it and I got results saying that the hose needs to either be specifically transmission fluid hose or you can use fuel injection hose.

 

The hose probably has a split in it, when its hot and pressurized it leaks. When its cold and not pressurized it doesn't. I bet you start the truck and warm it up you will find the leak again.

 

Yeah I already did that. I warmed the truck up and the leak started to **** out again. I found the spots where it leaked, I am just wondering if I can replace the metal hose with rubber hose instead.

 

that's probably more work than you're looking for. but if not, it can be done.

 

Haha, I'm a 16 year old high school kid. My weekends either consist of working on something with an engine, playing xbox, or hanging out with my girlfriend. That's about it, haha.

 

Well this seemed to have patched the leak rather succesfully. :)

 

thats what i was gonna recommend you do, keep an eye on it, it might leak again if its not far enough on the metal line.

 

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. I used 5/16 line when I really should have used 3/8 line. I'll just have to see how it holds up. It wasn't a hard repair or anything, so I wouldn't mind taking the hour to swap the line but so far it seems to be working pretty good.

 

Wow - nasty.
My problem is the ends of the tube are expanded to aid in hose retention - when you cut the cancerous section out, there is now nothing to help retain the hose beside clamp tension.

I used a 37* flaring tool and AN fittings - pure overkill, and I like it that way

 

Ihad that same problem, mix the coolant with ATF on radiator ATF cooling system, what I did was install an external ATF cooling system in front of the radiator.