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Subaru Transmission Oil Cooler Line Replacement with Basic Hand Tools
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00:00:00.030 now today we'll be replacing oil cooling 00:00:02.89900:00:02.909 lines now I'm going to clean this up so 00:00:04.88000:00:04.890 you get a better shot but this is in 00:00:06.32000:00:06.330 fact the metal cooling lines that run 00:00:09.47000:00:09.480 from the firewall up toward the radiator 00:00:12.37900:00:12.389 so we'll remove the battery the overflow 00:00:14.27000:00:14.280 bottle here as you can see let me give 00:00:16.60900:00:16.619 you another view this is a 2010 Subaru 00:00:19.12000:00:19.130 140,000 miles and it's starting to 00:00:21.47000:00:21.480 bubble here but I'll start the vehicle 00:00:23.48000:00:23.490 right down here really is where the leak 00:00:26.75000:00:26.760 is occurring now if we look straight 00:00:34.04000:00:34.050 down 00:00:37.87000:00:37.880 that sure if the camera can pick that up 00:00:39.58000:00:39.590 a day ago as you can see it has a really 00:00:41.41000:00:41.420 nasty leak now it's not the rubber ones 00:00:43.33000:00:43.340 because I replaced those around a year 00:00:45.76000:00:45.770 ago when we did the timing belt 00:00:47.11000:00:47.120 replacement if you look closely enough 00:00:49.29900:00:49.309 you can really see that the metal line 00:00:52.21000:00:52.220 is just completely done so let's go 00:00:54.88000:00:54.890 ahead swap it out now because the metal 00:00:59.17000:00:59.180 lines are a little difficult to get to I 00:01:01.15000:01:01.160 just want to clean this up as much as I 00:01:02.95000:01:02.960 can so I'll start by removing the 00:01:04.29900:01:04.309 battery 00:01:10.99000:01:11.000 and this is just a little PB Blaster a 00:01:16.05000:01:16.060 little too much but nonetheless 00:01:34.33000:01:34.340 it's time to clean up this battery too 00:01:37.95900:01:37.969 so right here now we have a little bit 00:01:40.13000:01:40.140 more working room there is a tab which 00:01:42.64900:01:42.659 I'll show you in a moment 00:01:43.60900:01:43.619 don't worry fastener holding this down 00:01:45.44000:01:45.450 what's brace sum' PB Blaster and that is 00:01:47.53900:01:47.549 well but I just want to move this 00:01:48.85900:01:48.869 overflow bottle just give me some more 00:01:53.30000:01:53.310 working room 00:01:56.05000:01:56.060 now something I often do is take a look 00:01:58.60000:01:58.610 at the brand-new part so on this vehicle 00:02:01.12000:02:01.130 we can easily see one fastener but 00:02:04.69000:02:04.700 looking at the new part I know that in 00:02:06.19000:02:06.200 total we have one two three fasteners so 00:02:10.69000:02:10.700 if you're working on a car it's really 00:02:12.07000:02:12.080 hard to see you're not sure if the 00:02:13.48000:02:13.490 fasteners or where they're located look 00:02:15.91000:02:15.920 at the brand-new part notice where they 00:02:18.22000:02:18.230 are and then just find it on your 00:02:19.90000:02:19.910 vehicle so again one is one right here 00:02:24.04000:02:24.050 and then we should have another one a 00:02:26.26000:02:26.270 little hard to see but right there is 00:02:29.68000:02:29.690 the third one so here's another view 00:02:38.29000:02:38.300 from underneath the vehicle and a lot of 00:02:40.09000:02:40.100 times these can really solidify on here 00:02:42.01000:02:42.020 very good time to replace these by the 00:02:43.84000:02:43.850 way again these are only about a year 00:02:45.10000:02:45.110 old now if you're replacing them what I 00:02:47.26000:02:47.270 tend to do is I'll grab a pair of pliers 00:02:50.34000:02:50.350 grip it here and just rotate it like 00:02:53.47000:02:53.480 this you see how it already loosens up 00:02:55.36000:02:55.370 from the metal line down this one and 00:02:58.39000:02:58.400 then one hand I'll pull and the other 00:03:01.06000:03:01.070 one I'll grab a flathead and sort of 00:03:03.37000:03:03.380 push down as if I could do this here 00:03:07.17000:03:07.180 sort of push down again take your time 00:03:09.49000:03:09.500 this vehicle of course living in the 00:03:11.86000:03:11.870 Northeast there we go that was quick a 00:03:13.93000:03:13.940 drain pin and then we'll grab the other 00:03:17.77000:03:17.780 one okay now to get to those rear lines 00:03:23.65000:03:23.660 you can really try from up top you can 00:03:26.28900:03:26.299 use something like this which is made 00:03:27.69900:03:27.709 for pulling hoses really I've used these 00:03:30.25000:03:30.260 in a pinch to just squeeze clamps and 00:03:32.56000:03:32.570 pull them off but I think in this case 00:03:34.84000:03:34.850 it's just going to be easier from the 00:03:38.17000:03:38.180 bottom yeah it's going to be a little 00:03:39.97000:03:39.980 little tough from up top okay so here we 00:03:42.61000:03:42.620 have another view of the hoses from 00:03:44.08000:03:44.090 underneath the vehicle but looking at 00:03:45.91000:03:45.920 this I think it's going to be easier if 00:03:48.46000:03:48.470 I just remove them from the line going 00:03:52.12000:03:52.130 into the transmission and just pull off 00:03:54.78900:03:54.799 the part with the hoses on it by 00:03:56.92000:03:56.930 thinking my case I don't have to jack up 00:03:58.36000:03:58.370 the car can actually just get my hands 00:04:01.24000:04:01.250 under here and just remove these clamps 00:04:03.06900:04:03.079 again take note where the hoses are 00:04:05.02000:04:05.030 going I'll have cardboard underneath the 00:04:08.08000:04:08.090 vehicle 00:04:10.02000:04:10.030 now these have not been removed in nine 00:04:14.17000:04:14.180 years so just be a little patient hard 00:04:20.89000:04:20.900 to see where I am right now I think I'm 00:04:23.53000:04:23.540 pretty much there there we go okay now 00:04:31.62000:04:31.630 what I'm doing is just marking off this 00:04:36.40000:04:36.410 hose so I know where it goes back okay 00:04:48.36000:04:48.370 now for this first one 10 millimeter and 00:04:52.57000:04:52.580 what I'm doing is taking a three pound 00:04:54.79000:04:54.800 sledge very carefully tapping this okay 00:04:58.06000:04:58.070 because you don't want to hit the timing 00:04:59.59000:04:59.600 cover which is this plastic piece right 00:05:01.21000:05:01.220 here 00:05:03.42000:05:03.430 okay just loosen it up 00:05:10.28000:05:10.290 now for this fastener I'm using a 00:05:12.84000:05:12.850 breaker bar there's the break it loose 00:05:17.01000:05:17.020 very gently you don't want to put too 00:05:18.75000:05:18.760 much force because you can easily just 00:05:20.64000:05:20.650 rip the top another fastener right off 00:05:25.73000:05:25.740 now for this last fastener toward the 00:05:28.50000:05:28.510 rear of the vehicle just going to use a 00:05:30.54000:05:30.550 3/8 drive ratchet ten millimeter socket 00:05:33.72000:05:33.730 and then I'm going to create an 00:05:35.25000:05:35.260 extension over the ratchet I'll show you 00:05:37.80000:05:37.810 what I mean a moment first just end on 00:05:41.10000:05:41.110 here nice and snug okay and then what 00:05:46.32000:05:46.330 I'm going to do I'll zoom out and give 00:05:47.85000:05:47.860 you a different view in a moment I'm 00:05:50.96900:05:50.979 grabbing a socket along with a bunch of 00:05:54.87000:05:54.880 different extensions just to give me 00:05:56.67000:05:56.680 that extra leverage and again just to 00:05:59.58000:05:59.590 give you another view super long 00:06:02.10000:06:02.110 extension place it over the end of the 00:06:08.40000:06:08.410 ratchet and now you have a an incredibly 00:06:10.56000:06:10.570 long handle to get the job done the old 00:06:24.06000:06:24.070 part pulled out of the vehicle I did not 00:06:26.31000:06:26.320 have a long enough tripod to record it 00:06:28.86000:06:28.870 at the same time but nonetheless you 00:06:31.20000:06:31.210 just pull it out snake it out and 00:06:33.54000:06:33.550 replace the part so you just want to 00:06:35.88000:06:35.890 make sure everything lines up which the 00:06:39.06000:06:39.070 tabs do we'll take off these rubber tabs 00:06:42.75000:06:42.760 on the end and also I'll use brand new 00:06:45.96000:06:45.970 hosing so I'm just going to remove these 00:06:48.71900:06:48.729 old hoses here I'm gonna just slowly 00:06:53.94000:06:53.950 rotate them so much easier watch the 00:06:59.46000:06:59.470 parts on the bench okay if you don't 00:07:03.60000:07:03.610 know how to measure the diameter of a 00:07:07.52900:07:07.539 hose I'll show you in a moment 00:07:15.54000:07:15.550 [Music] 00:07:19.08000:07:19.090 okay now I have to make sure actually 00:07:21.25000:07:21.260 I'm going to keep this one on because I 00:07:22.75000:07:22.760 don't want to mix these up okay so we 00:07:24.85000:07:24.860 have two different sources on how to 00:07:26.59000:07:26.600 replace hosing option one is this being 00:07:29.20000:07:29.210 of Subaru I can visit the local subaru 00:07:31.99000:07:32.000 dealer I can visit an OEM website and 00:07:35.01000:07:35.020 purchase replacement hosing directly 00:07:38.17000:07:38.180 from Subaru the advantages I have the 00:07:40.51000:07:40.520 shape in other words when you purchase 00:07:42.31000:07:42.320 the hosing it the shape is exactly the 00:07:44.95000:07:44.960 way that the old part was the 00:07:46.90000:07:46.910 disadvantage is the price 00:07:48.61000:07:48.620 my guess is each hose here is probably 00:07:50.77000:07:50.780 nine to fourteen dollars each very 00:07:54.16000:07:54.170 expensive if you go that route option 00:07:56.47000:07:56.480 two is just measure the hosing so I need 00:08:00.01000:08:00.020 to replace let's say I'm just replacing 00:08:01.69000:08:01.700 this one hose so when you go to the auto 00:08:04.60000:08:04.610 parts store they'll ask you how many 00:08:06.31000:08:06.320 inches or how many feet you need the 00:08:08.65000:08:08.660 hosing to be this is let's say rounded 00:08:10.84000:08:10.850 up because I can't really straighten out 00:08:12.79000:08:12.800 totally but let's say this is roughly 00:08:14.59000:08:14.600 nine inches in length okay so I would 00:08:17.14000:08:17.150 purchase a foot you always go a little 00:08:19.42000:08:19.430 bit higher when you need hosing so first 00:08:21.94000:08:21.950 purchase one feet worth of hosing now 00:08:25.15000:08:25.160 the second question is the diameter in 00:08:27.22000:08:27.230 other words how large is this opening 00:08:30.19000:08:30.200 the inner diameter not the outside but 00:08:33.10000:08:33.110 the inside so taking a look at the tape 00:08:35.77000:08:35.780 measure if I measure from my one foot 00:08:39.13000:08:39.140 marking to 13 inches if I count all of 00:08:43.03000:08:43.040 these spaces I have 16 spaces it's one 00:08:46.75000:08:46.760 two three four eight twelve sixteen okay 00:08:50.29000:08:50.300 sixteen spaces so all that you do is you 00:08:52.48000:08:52.490 grab your hosing and measure the inner 00:08:56.41000:08:56.420 diameter and I have seven markings so 00:09:00.70000:09:00.710 this happens to be 7/16 of an inch 00:09:04.81000:09:04.820 that's your diameter let me give you 00:09:07.30000:09:07.310 another example very quickly let's say 00:09:09.07000:09:09.080 you have a smaller hose in here and I 00:09:12.01000:09:12.020 measure the hosing and I have six six 00:09:16.32000:09:16.330 sixteenths of an inch then what you want 00:09:18.97000:09:18.980 to do is divide the numerator and the 00:09:21.61000:09:21.620 denominator by two if you can so if we 00:09:25.66000:09:25.670 have six there we go we have 00:09:28.25900:09:28.269 6/16 so i have to play with them if it's 00:09:31.32900:09:31.339 lopsided like that just straighten it 00:09:32.86000:09:32.870 out the 6 16 divided by 2 is 3/8 00:09:36.46000:09:36.470 so this would be 3/8 of an inch okay so 00:09:38.68000:09:38.690 my case I looked you know this is all 00:09:41.29000:09:41.300 the hosing I have and unfortunately I 00:09:43.26900:09:43.279 don't have the right diameter so I'm 00:09:45.73000:09:45.740 going to reinstall this anyway and then 00:09:48.75900:09:48.769 just purchase the whole thing later on 00:09:50.25900:09:50.269 and just do a quick swap just the rubber 00:09:52.80900:09:52.819 hosing so we can get this done 00:09:55.99000:09:56.000 that being said just gonna swap this out 00:10:00.68900:10:00.699 don't forget your line here and then 00:10:14.17000:10:14.180 again I just want to put the blue tape 00:10:16.05900:10:16.069 back on what I did is off-camera I 00:10:17.88900:10:17.899 removed the tape and just cleaned the 00:10:19.72000:10:19.730 hosing off with some cleaner purple 00:10:23.29000:10:23.300 power let's clean up the whole thing and 00:10:26.43000:10:26.440 make sure everything's nice and clean 00:10:28.88900:10:28.899 put this over here and then we'll just 00:10:31.90000:10:31.910 reinstall it and the vehicle bolt it 00:10:33.61000:10:33.620 down start the vehicle make sure we have 00:10:36.28000:10:36.290 no leaks and that's it 00:10:59.29000:10:59.30000:11:00.80000:11:00.810 [Laughter] 00:11:08.31000:11:08.320 I'm curious and out we'll just reinstall 00:11:11.17000:11:11.180 the battery everything is tightened down 00:11:12.69900:11:12.709 correctly we'll start the vehicle and 00:11:17.29000:11:17.300 check for leaks and then of course the 00:11:30.34000:11:30.350 west step is just checking for leaks 00:11:33.61000:11:33.620 looks like everything is in good shape 00:11:35.17000:11:35.180 I'll also check the transmission fluid 00:11:37.84000:11:37.850 make sure we have enough fluid in the 00:11:39.55000:11:39.560 transmission but that being said that 00:11:42.42900:11:42.439 wraps up the replacement thank you for 00:11:44.55900:11:44.569 watching questions comments please leave 00:11:46.30000:11:46.310 it below and we'll see you next time
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