Thread: Replacing a leaky Auto Cooler Return Hose on a '96 Disco?

Fix immediately.
physically check all others by twisting connection.
The D2 connections have a habit of blowing off.
I hope the D1's were made better!

late edit,
is that right hand connection standard?
it looks broken and reclamped??

Had exactly same problem. I was going to just replace rubber hoses with fittings from PIRTEK but ended up replacing both my auto cooler hoses on my 98 TDI. Purchased hoses from fleabay not overly expensive in fact was cheaper than PIRTEK bits. I used the opportunity to do a tranny oil and filter change. Made a big difference in smoothness of auto changing. Not difficult to do but fiddly. I made myself up a spanner to reach top fitting in tranny. Whole job took me about 5 hours. Longest time was removing hose from oil cooler as it was well and truly stuck. Ended up cutting it off.

Don't suppose u have the link to the Fleabay site at all ?
It's only a slow leak, so there's no urgency and to buy the 2 hoses from the local LR Mechanic, its $235 for the 2....

rob

Originally Posted by Petetheprinta

Had exactly same problem. I was going to just replace rubber hoses with fittings from PIRTEK but ended up replacing both my auto cooler hoses on my 98 TDI. Purchased hoses from fleabay not overly expensive in fact was cheaper than PIRTEK bits. I used the opportunity to do a tranny oil and filter change. Made a big difference in smoothness of auto changing. Not difficult to do but fiddly. I made myself up a spanner to reach top fitting in tranny. Whole job took me about 5 hours. Longest time was removing hose from oil cooler as it was well and truly stuck. Ended up cutting it off.

Yep.... std but just a poor photo.....

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Fix immediately.
physically check all others by twisting connection.
The D2 connections have a habit of blowing off.
I hope the D1's were made better!

late edit,
is that right hand connection standard?
it looks broken and reclamped??

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Don't suppose u have the link to the Fleabay site at all ?
It's only a slow leak, so there's no urgency and to buy the 2 hoses from the local LR Mechanic, its $235 for the 2....

rob

I bought them from this bloke
blackburn4wdparts on eBay

He doesn't have any listed at the moment but there are any number for sale on Fleabay. I paid about $175 for them. No leaks so far. Also give ROVERLORD a go, sells on fleabay and a member here. Excellent to deal with. My preferred supplier but had none and I needed urgently.

If you are intending to go with an aftermarket cooler, then standard fittings will eventually be unusable as is. I can't speak for the P38 cooler connections, which might work with the standard stuff. For my use (towing a lot), I went with the biggest PWR cooler with 1/2" barbs (mounted in front of the rad), cut all the lines and silver soldered brass 1/2" fittings to the ones from the tranny, and carefully cut and did the same either side of where the temp sensor is. Then used blue silicone lines from Enzed all through with simple hose clamps. Result is a non leaker and cheap for when I do want to replace the lines. Done over 100K km on this with no issues.

If you do it yourself, it will all be less than $100 including the lines and fittings, when you get Enzed and Pirtek to make the connections is when it gets expensive.

FYI, to cleanly cut the old hoses from the standard fittings, make two vertical cuts through the crimp collars, then split them - the hoses will then pull off easily. Do-able with the sensor one easily enough, but you need to be careful as you also have to cut the perimeter without cutting the inner tube.

I did mine a few years ago. Cut the flexible hoses off and welded barbes in place. Then just fitted new hose with clamps that can now be done again latter if needed, as well as could be done in the bush.

Originally Posted by d2dave

I did mine a few years ago. Cut the flexible hoses off and welded barbes in place. Then just fitted new hose with clamps that can now be done again latter if needed, as well as could be done in the bush.

Dave, what did u do with the Temp Sensor ?