Got the new Mav running today and Trans Coolant Line has a hole in the line near the radiator. Just wanting to patch if possible as the 200 and trans are being replaced in a couple months. Is it possible or cheapest way to fix?
Cut it and use good hose clamps and a piece of hydraulic hose or use a brass compression fitting. Ive used both ways on other vehicles
Consider a repair temporary, just to keep you running until you can buy new lines. If it has started to leak in one area it will start leaking in others very shortly. New lines are easy to replace and cheaper than a tow if you get stranded somewhere. You can bend your own or buy pre-made ones from a place like Right Stuff Detailing.
Unless they are rusty, most of the time they'll leak in a area where the two lines chafed on each other... Craig's bandage method is quick, easy & effective... Just split a piece of hose lengthwise(split away from leak) and clamp it in place...
Get a 3-4" length of fuel hose and 4 hose clamps, cut the line at the leak, use the hose to bridge the gap, double clamps on each side of the gap. Problem solved.
Yep... X2. No offense intended to the others who mentioned it.. but just don't take the easy way out and split the hose instead of cutting the line at the leak. There's fairly substantial pressure involved here and a split hose patch will eventually leak. Trans fluid makes a mess of everything when it gets all over a motor and exhaust manifolds.
I've yet to have a issue, even patched a EFI fuel pressure line using that method hadn't leaked in 5.5 years which was when I lost track of the car... Anyway he said something temporary...
Sure.. I get the temp fix and al that. I didn't mean any disrespect with my wording.. and I might could have worded it differently though. So, just out of curiosity.. no smart assery involved.. how can a patch with a split down the opposite side of the hole prevent high pressure from forcing the fluid radially around the tubing and out the other split side? Do you put the clamp directly over the rubber line right above the hole itself?
Yep! Right over the hole. "KC" was talking about a relatively small hole I'm sure! I've used the "split hose" method on quite a few things in the past! Worked great on a rusted fuel line when I went to pick up a car in Nevada and drove it home to Florida! It stayed on there for quite awhile after that too, well at least till another rust hole appeared. The line was replaced then!
ok.. got it and that's all I could figure on the reread. Unfortunately, me often writes quicker than me thinks sometimes. Read.. think.. read it again.. think some more.. THEN.. reply.
Yep place the "unsplit" side over the pin hole, use the clamp to hold the "hose bandage" over the hole... The one I did on the EFI fuel line had chaffed a "half pin hole"(for some time could smell, but not see a leak), in a area between the frame and body, was almost impossible to access... I've repl fuel lines on unibody EFI vehicle, would have been a total nightmare and a couple buckets of snakes on the full frame Grand Marquis...
