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Wilecoyote

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The hoses are leaking and need to be replaced. Worth it to buy the ACdelco ? any other brands that are good? should I replace the gasket on the 4wd adapter while I'm doing the hoses?
 

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I am making mine with the 8an compression fittings, 3/8 to 8an adapters at the oil filter adpater side and braided oil line. Mine are weeping at the crimps and its a good time to replace and gaskets at motor and never look back... radiator sides are funky size and I am going to trim and use the fitting and metal tubing as the rad side is not really the culprit.
 

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Rockauto has Chinese Sunsong hoses. They're steel like the original, unlike the Dormans that are aluminum. I just bought their transmission cooler lines for my Saturn.... arrived yesterday. I disconnected the oil cooler on my truck, when I got tired of the oil everywhere.
 

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I deleted mine. My oil seems to look dirty about 1,000 miles sooner now than it did with the oil cooler. I am ok with that.
 

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I added oil cooler lines to my Express van. New quick connects and used a new set of dorman lines but had a hydraulic shop swap the hoses for hydraulic hose. Changed the quick connects when the 383 went in and still yet to see anything leaking but the quick connects do seep a little
 

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I put Dormans on my 1500 back in 2009, they weep a little. I put AC Delcos on my dually in 2017 and they're still dry.
 

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In my experience replacing mine, sometimes more than once, I had the best results replacing the lines and the connectors at the oil filter. Also use the same brand hose as the connector, acdelco seems to be slightly different than dorman
 
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