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Dude you are a life saver, this just happened to me today so now I know
what I need to do. Thanks.
Congratulations are in order, your video is linked to a Napa Auto parts
bulletin.
http://www.napabeltshose.com/~/media/NAPA/Flyers/Branched_Hose_eBulletin.ashx
Dude.. you’re my hero. For 2 months now I can figure out what’s sucking my
coolant on a 2010 3.8L VW Routan (rebadged T&C). IOU a 6 pack… ;-)
Thanks for the video! The Y went out on my 2009 Grand Caravan too. Got a
plastic Y at Advanced Auto Parts and 2′ of 5/8″ heater hose. It worked like
a charm!
Just did this repair today. Lowe’s had the T pipe part for under $4.00 and
the rest of it cost me $30.00 (including the drain pan). I left the hoses
that were near the firewall which made this a lot easier. I replaced the
hose that went to the engine block. Remember to turn the heat on when you
refill with anti-freeze.
Thank you so much! Like others, this is what went wrong on our van, and
your fix made it a cheap and easy repair.
Thanks for the video! This is exactly what’s is leaking on our 2008 caravan.
Thank you for this post. My wife’s GC 2008 blew the “y” yesterday. local
dealer wanted $194 for the “y” and the aluminum rods complete, ass holes
wouldn’t sell me just the “y”. Thanks to Advance Auto Parts, Inverness,
Florida for their advice and help. I paid $3.49 for a 5/8 “T” and have yet
to pay for the 5/8 heater hose that was gifted to me by AAP so I could get
my wife back on the road. It was a ten minute fix, I came on here to find
the position of the drain plug and found this video, THNX!
My temp guage shows a hair under half way when at operating temp with
outside temp at 90 degrees in FL. Sounds like you’re normal.
Oh crap. I just paid $500 for the dealership to replace the hoses.
Thank you!
Dammit! My wife’s van started spewing coolant yesterday. THANK YOU for this
video! Now I have a plan of attack for my wife’s POS van.
2010 Routan, same deal. Been going from shop to shop and no parts… $115
at VW, $85 at Dodge (duh… how lame!). But a guy at Advanced sat with me
to put together a new set. $17, plus $15 coolant. Boom!
This was an EXTREMELY helpful video! Took me about 1.5 hours to do mine,
dam hoses were a b!T(h to get off.
Damn this just happened to me today on the highway, what shoddy engineering
that Chrysler puts into their vehicles. I think I’m gonna do this to fix it
rather than going to the dealer….screw them! Thanks for this video!
youtube didn’t like the url 🙂 but its .net
Thanks man!! Worked perfectly. Excellent post.
Thank you, this vedio was a blessing and saved me $586. Its funny cause I
called the dealership today about 5 times in 10 minutes to price parts,
labor and from the questions i was asking he could tell i wasn’t trying to
spend this money. He told me about this you tube video.
Thank you my 2008 decided to have a leak in the exact same place. Now I can
fix it myself.
My wife’s 2010 VW Routan had the same problem and I was ready to take it to
the shop until I found your video. I cannot thank you enough for posting.
Couple of questions – how hard did you torque down on those clamps and how
has the fix held up? Thanks again bro.
I went to Advanced Auto, Pep Boys, Federated Auto, and FIsher Auto and
nobody has a T or Y connector that big. The biggest they had was 1/2 or
3/8. What store did you guys buy them from?
It went together and I added the anti-freeze and water and started it up.
Worked like a charm. Total time to complete job (not counting the parts
store) was 35 minutes. If I can do this anyone can. Thank you for putting
this video up and saving me $100+…it is much appreciated.
Hey man thanks for the video helped a lot. What I did was I cut the actual
plastic hose clamps with a dremmel and replaced them with regular metal
clamps. Check my video and see what u think. Again thanks.
I just wanted to say thank you! You are a stud. You saved me abou 400 bux
paying the dealership and it was all relatively easy. The hardest part was
removing the existing hoses and clamps.
what is the appropriate name for the fitting?
Advanced Auto or Autozone has the 5/8 T. You have to ask they have them
behind the counter.
what size hose did you by and t joint? is that t joint pvc?
The old hoses were not easy to get off until I used a box cutter and cut
them off. I laid all of the hoses out as suggested and started clamping
them down. The back one on the firewall was giving me problems until I went
to the wife’s little toolbox and got a bit driver with a bit the size of
the hose clamp…no problem then.
Thanks! I was just about to call the dealer to track down the y-pipe, or
end up with that aftermarket one mentioned above. Well done.
When you drive your van after 12 miles or half hour, what does your
temperature gauge show? the temp at the quarter or half? I’m wondering
because I just bought a 2009 used T&C LX, starts cool then rests at notch
below half after driving, the weather here is around 40 degrees in NJ
Thank you, you just saved me $ 437.59. You are a life saver.
Thank you, this fix was able for me to get the van fix and on the road when
I was on vacation. It would of taken me days to get the van to a dealer,
have them order the part, and then put it on.
Can someone send me the size of the T part so i can fix mine? Thanks SSG
Morales