2001 1500 4x4 laramie, 5.2 V8.
She's just a yard truck but we're moving so I need to get her road worthy enough to drive down to the new house. I got her fired up after a long winter slumber the other day and drove her up the hill to the shed to put some air in the tires. When I got back down to the bottom of the hill, I backed into a parking spot, got out, and heard "SPLOOSH!!", and purple liquid was splashing all over the ground under the engine bay.
I found two lines about 3/8" that appear to be running parallel to each other along the bottom of the engine from the driver's side of the tranny, bending over along the passenger's side of the engine oil pan, and then straight ahead into...I'm not sure...either a cooler or the radiator. There's definitely a little cooler pinched between the AC condenser and the radiator, but I can't tell how those houses are routed, exactly. At any rate, the lower tube by the oil pan blew a hole there by the pan, from whence all the purple liquid blew. I cut out the rusty piece.
What is this hose, what is the liquid, and where do I fill it once it's patched? I bought a length of rubber line today to patch it with, which will be done tomorrow, but where to fill, and with what??
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Parts store teenager told me it was a tranny coolant line, which I believe possible. He also told me to fill it with ATF-4, which I doubt, but bought a quart of anyway (just in case, I live far from the parts store).
Any insight here guys? Please and thank you, in advance.
She's just a yard truck but we're moving so I need to get her road worthy enough to drive down to the new house. I got her fired up after a long winter slumber the other day and drove her up the hill to the shed to put some air in the tires. When I got back down to the bottom of the hill, I backed into a parking spot, got out, and heard "SPLOOSH!!", and purple liquid was splashing all over the ground under the engine bay.
I found two lines about 3/8" that appear to be running parallel to each other along the bottom of the engine from the driver's side of the tranny, bending over along the passenger's side of the engine oil pan, and then straight ahead into...I'm not sure...either a cooler or the radiator. There's definitely a little cooler pinched between the AC condenser and the radiator, but I can't tell how those houses are routed, exactly. At any rate, the lower tube by the oil pan blew a hole there by the pan, from whence all the purple liquid blew. I cut out the rusty piece.
What is this hose, what is the liquid, and where do I fill it once it's patched? I bought a length of rubber line today to patch it with, which will be done tomorrow, but where to fill, and with what??
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Parts store teenager told me it was a tranny coolant line, which I believe possible. He also told me to fill it with ATF-4, which I doubt, but bought a quart of anyway (just in case, I live far from the parts store).
Any insight here guys? Please and thank you, in advance.
