100 Series V8 Oil Cooler Hose

I went to the 4WD show the other night and was talking to the Aussie Swag exhibitors - Noel and Julie. They have just gone from a Jeep Cherokee to a 100 series V8, and on their way back to Brisbane recently they cooked the transmission. What happened is that the flexible high pressure hose connecting the transmission to the oil cooler was contacting the fan, and sure enough it wore through, lost all the oil and cooked itself. Took two weeks in Armidale to get it sorted out through Toyota. Noel was talking to another bloke, and he had the same vehicle and the same problem, but this time after just 69 Km - absolutely brand new! Noel then contacted another of his contacts who had the same vehicle, and when he checked, only a slight touch was required to unseat the hose from its pathetic retaining clip and allow it to contact the fan.

I only raise this in case people out there have this vehicle - if you secure the pipe properly, you shouldn't have trouble. If you don't, and have a transmission failure in the middle of nowhere, my sympathy meter will be on the zero stop...... Russell S
Prado RV6