When I was doing the trans lines today I notice my bottom radiator hose has a slight leak where it meets the radiator. It must have just started because I'm under my truck a lot and haven't ever noticed it and I never leave any puddles when I park it. I thought that maybe the clamp wasn't positioned right, but that didn't fix it. Then I moved the clamp back a little and added a worm-gear clamp along with it and that helped a little, but it's still leaking. I'm not sure if the hose is leaking or if there's a crack in the radiator itself. I'm going to get to the bottom of it soon. I was just wondering, if I have to replace the hose, how much do they run and where would be the best place to get it? It looks like it would be pretty expensive since it has all the other hoses branched off of it.

Also, I just flushed the radiator a few days ago and can't help but think that maybe has something to do with it leaking. I don't know how, but it didn't leak before I flushed it.

 

Had a leak in the same spot. Replaced the hose an fixed problem. They tend to crack when you mess with that clamp to much. It digs into the line and splits it open.

 

I hope that's all it is and it's not a cracked radiator. Either way I'm going to inspect it today.

 

Looks like that lower hose is 35 bucks from Ford with the discount and 70 regularly...

 

With what discount?

 

Actually it's less than 35.. send me an e-mail.. jchudd@comcast.net

Description Qty MSRP Price Your Price Core Price Total Cost
OEM Catalog
HOSE and CLAMP ASY RAD $66.56 $32.95 $0.00 $32.95

 

That seems kind of cheap considering how detailed the hose is. I'm sending you an email now...

 

I told them what I needed and that was the deal they gave me for a lower radiator hose for a Gen 2 Lightning...

Back at you on the e-mail...enjoy..

 

Okay. Thanks. I didn't knwo you had called them.

 

Well, I inspected it today and it's not the lower radiator hose that's leaking. It's the lower trans line fitting that's directly above it. I don't know why it just started leaking, but I can't help but think that maybe it has something to do with the line upgrade I just did. Maybe I tweaked it a little when I was messing with the lines... How would I go about fixing this? I checked and it's as tight as I can get it. The only thing I can figure is that maybe the o-ring inside is bad. Any ideas???

 

probably a bad o-ring. i replaced mine last night on the upper one, we'll see if the leak stops, looks like it has.

 

Where'd you get the o-ring?

 

this is pretty shade tree, but i had a bunch of o-rings for garden hoses, and it happened to be the right size. i just needed to stop the leak, and it has been working so far.

if it leaks again, i may try to find the right kind. when i got it apart, my girlfriend wasn't home, and my mustang is down for an engine swap, so i had to see if i have anything laying around that would work.

 

Did you remove the line before you unscrewed the fitting or did you take it all off together?

 

just took off the the whole thing on the top, slid the ring over the threads, then screwed it back on.