Noticed my truck leaking at Kroger and drove it on home. Figured it was the high pressure hose. Took everthing off so I could see to make sure what was leaking.... no leak ???? WTH ? Got the spouse to come turn the wheel back & forth... no leak...

Scratching my head... KNOWING it had leaked... I reach down and TOUCH the high pressure fitting... and it blew off in my face ! ! ! So glad it wasn't HOT... I got soaked !

 

I am glad for your sake it was not hot as well. That could have gone very badly.

 

Thanks for this pic. For whatever reason I didn't "get it" until I saw the pics

I have to check mine when I get a chance. I like the idea of the hydraulic style fitting instead of snap in

 

Here we are months later and I finally started tearing down the truck a bit to gain access to the power steering line that is prone to failure. I saw what some of you guys were talking about in regard to the line rubbing on the shock tower/mount.

What did you guys do to remedy this? Tie it up a bit with zip ties? Wrap in wire loom? Twist the actual line a bit in order to keep it off the mount?

It is hot in the garage, so I only got to removing the air box and battery and then inspecting the installed hose to make sure I had the right part. I am interested to see pictures or hear your comments about keeping the line safe from rubbing a hole in itself.

 

I cut a piece of rubber hose I had lying around (I think it might have been some extra heater hose I had). I cut it a few inches longer that the shock mount and then cut the hose in half. Then I zip-tied that hose piece to the power steering hose to keep in in place.

 

Basically you doubled the surface that would need to be worn through in order to create a leak? That is a pretty good idea, thanks for the input Brian.

 

corrugated sleeving aka wire loom is what you want

 

I have old radiator/heater hose laying around the garage so that is what I would use.

 

That's what I used. It's reinforced so it doesn't really wear much. When the line leaks at the fitting and I have to replace it I cut it off the old hose and zip tie it to the new one. Three hoses later and I'm still on my original heater hose patch/protector. It doesn't even look worn down at all.

I considered the wire loom except I thought that I might get fluid pooling in the bend so my OCD kicked in and I opted for the heater hose route.

 

Reviving an old thread. Has anyone replaced the return lines? Mine are just rusted to hell and begging to leak so I am replacing them when I do my flush.

For my 2002 it is part number YC3Z-3A713-BA. I just bought these from RockAuto (Motorcraft Brand). Looks like it doesn’t have the rubber hoses that connect to the cooler? would heater hose work for something like this in the event it doesn’t come? Not sure what condition of my rubber hoses are coming off the cooler so I figured I’d replace.

its number 8 in the diagram. Photo of the line i purchased attached. I am talking about the area between the cooler and the bend in the hard line.