Chevy Cruze transmission line replacement 11-15
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2025
- Long, rear, thermostatic valve, right, GM# 39066234
Short, top, radiator, left, GM# 39066278
10, 13mm sockets
Long flathead screwdriver
Vice grips
T20
Pick set
10mm nut to 71in-lb
11mm bolt to 60in-lb
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Thank you so much for this video...Thanks to you and other instructional UA-camrs I am going from a girl who couldn't change a tire a month ago to fixing this EXACT same problem in my car today MYSELF! Can't thank you enough.
Jennie Rodriguez congrats to woman power here in America if u can't fix ur own car the mechanic will screw u all the days of ur life
Thanks for posting this. Just finished the repair. I did a few things differently but overall this was the best video. I didn't have to lift the car - still was easy enough to access rear nut on the long line. The top hose to quick connect was brutal the first day - I had to step away after hours of trying to get it to connect...second day trying to get it I just took the bumper cover off and had it locked in about 10 minutes with the help of the needle nose vice locks. Access/room to work with the bumper cover off was so much easier. Thanks for the video.
Also love the closeup of the clip. Mine are fighting me and it was reassuring to come back here and see the close up
The clip was horrible for me. Took me 45 minutes to get off. The thing would not pop open no matter what I did.
I just have to say WOW! This was by far the best automotive fix it yourself video I have ever seen. The detail and steps you go through is absolutely amazing, I was able to change my own lines saving $600 in labor alone from the Chevy dealer. Thank you so much, you are AWESOME. For those attempting I just have to say give yourself a good 4 to 6 hours and take your time. And as far as needing the needle nose vise grips I was able to reach up and underneath the car and pull both lines out and push them in without, you have to go around the frame support but I was able to do it quite easily. Either way it works. Again thanks for the great video. 😃👍
I've watched a lot of car videos and yours is probably the best. Clear pictures and instructions.
Awesome video! It's always nice to be able to watch someone else do something before tackling it yourself.
Thank you very much for the video!! I watched it 2 or 3 times and replaced my line with little trouble. It's nice to see it done beforehand so one will know what to expect.......right down to pricing and part number!! Thanks again.
This was one of the strangest jobs I’ve ever completed, because putting everything back together was somehow much easier than getting it all out. I thought getting the lines out was tough, but getting them back in was pretty easy. He’s right when talking about the longer line toward the back of the car-keep pushing it farther and farther back, until you get the whole thing up on top of the engine. Then it’ll just pull out. Don’t try to take it out to the left when looking at the front of the car. Getting the lines in the right spot in the front of the car, at the radiator, was surprisingly easy. One thing to note, I did this job in February 2023, and the lines I got from GM had slightly different bends in them than the originals. What this led to was the 2 lines being farther apart in the area shown at 5:10 in the video. I didn’t end up putting that clip back on, because the new lines were too far apart. Also, the part at 11:15, because of the different angles in the new lines, mine didn’t fit into those clips. If your lines are the newer version, I’d suggest putting in the shorter one first. Other things-getting that C clip in on the upper line was an SOB. Took forever. I have 2014 Cruze, and mine has only 1 vibration clip rather than 2. Additionally, I didn’t lose but a few drops of transmission fluid. All in all, with a few snags that I should have known better, it took me about 6 hours. I didn’t have a pick tool, which was a mistake. Having that will help a lot and save time. I found the vices grips were necessary for getting the lines out but not getting them back in. I was able to get my hand behind there and push them in. Pulling them out though is a different story, so I do think the vice grips are a must. When working on the upper line, make sure that black round clip doesn’t start to slide down the pipe. Mine did, and getting back up was a little bit of a pain.
The line that's on the back of the transmission and the other goes at the bottom of the radiator right and the lil line goes on the top?
I got halfway through but cannot for the life of me get that upper cooling line re-seated in the manifold. I’ve tried every angle possible and my line is all shredded now from my needle nose pliers. Haven’t failed at a repair like this before…gonna have a few beers and revisit in the morning
Great video with all those part description and so on good job
If ur looking to save your self time and trouble just take the front cover where ur license plate or where the Chevy symbol is no Jack needed this way.
Все подробно описал, спасибо!!!
loved the close up on how to take the clip off.
Great video...took me a few hours with a shop full of tools....no room to work!
at minute 3:45 to 3:48 there is a silver piece that joins the hoses, I would like to know the name of that piece
chevy cruze intercooler pipe clip 2011. Google that and it shows clips, there has to be just the clip out there but i keep finding the whole pipe.
@@Mr95Kenny
@@Mr95Kenny name of the piece that comes out from minute 5:58 to minute 6:06. that's the part i'm talking about
The black plastic is just a safety cover for the clip, i think this is the part number but the dealership could tell you for sure 15052228. The clip itself just Google “chevy cruze transmission pipes clips” and can find packs of them, again check yourself but i think this is the number for clip 24205103.
Extraordinarily well-planned and carried out repair in an engine bay with no extra room to work in, unless you remove the parts as you showed us. Did you consider just tightening up the leaking compression fittings on the existing hoses by just putting one or more worm drive hose clamps over them until the leaking stopped?
Anonymous98 no. But had i done that and it worked i could not had made this video
Thanks for this video! Going to save me some money! Can I just use one Jack stand as I only need to remove front driver side tire?
Yes
@@Mr95Kenny I did it! Man the hardest part I had was getting those c clip clamp things back on! Now I have to do the v3.4 kit, coolant water outlet, and crankshaft seal. Fun times!
I like your "Do not cut" marking! It happened to me once but I had them put my shield back like it was.
There was a recall for removing some of that splash guard because of a possible fire hazard.
@@codylewis392 what splash guard? They reimbursed me for 2 valve replacement's...
Thanks for the video, you are good explaining, just one thing, on video description you have lines location wrong
J Flow i looked it over, I don’t believe so?
Great video very well explain great job 👍🏻 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you
So as a GM employee, how aware is GM of the underlying PCV issues if I may ask?
It would be nice if they recognized the error.
I have no idea, but have other videos on that topic
Big Zeus yeah..and replacing the entire valve cover every 40K because the diaphragm goes bad in it. CRAP
@@alannorman6402 drill it out
@@TheGuruStud even if the diaphragm last longer the valve cover gasket still goes bad every 30k miles and leaks oil into your spark plugs! It's only $40 for a new valve cover though and easy to change yourself
Does the longer line goes at the bottom of the radiator?
Good video... As it's cold and I don't have the patience right now... To the mechanic it goes 😂😂😂
hello the long valve goes to the top and the short goes to the bottom?
I have a 2012 chevey cruze and had the trans oil cooler lines replaced as well as the inlet and outlet transmission lines and still notice some leaking, does that mean the repair/replacement did not work and it could be something else? Thanks for your informational video. Now I know what to say when i go back to the mechanic Thanks!
Claudine Brumfield idk why you still have a leak, could be a number of things. If you don’t look your self, have them show you where your car is leaking from at the shop. Best of luck!
I flushed the transmission almost 4 times between 217k and. 227k kms with new full synthetic gear oil because I feel little bit rough shifting in 2 or 3 gear. Also I have added lucas transmission fix two times when I change it gear oil. When I change the gear oil gear shift becomes smoother for few hundred kilometres then again it starts rough shifting and also I see these transmission lines looks wet oily. What can be the issue those transmission lines or transmission it self or sticking solenoid valves?
Also when I did oil change last time old transmission oil coming out like new.
Its 2013 chevy cruze
Overall car running super good other than this.
Thank you
I would Appreciate your help
@@bhagyeshpatel2739 gear oil would be for the stick shift, this video may help, referring to the amount of fluid to put in.
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Is removing the hose at 4:00 necessary or just makes life easier? I pulled on that thing for a half hour tonight and couldn't get it to budge.
The intake hose after the intercooler? Um probably I believe. Remove the steel clip all the way and try pushing and pulling, hope that helps. Or just leave it and see if its in the way
Finished this job last night, and the clip definitely needs to be removed the whole way, and I don’t think you could get up there to that top line if you didn’t remove that hose. I barely had room to get up there with it removed.
Mr95kenny ordering the right parts was confusing.
Most part stores only sell the longer line. The description calls this the upper. Dorman 624-555.
The short line- one with leak in your video- you won't find the words upper or lower anywhere to describe it. Same gm# you list. I got both lines at rockauto. Short line listed as ACDELCO 39066278
Thinking I should change the atf while I'm at it. When would you suggest I do It? After new lines are on, run thru gears, check for leaks, then drain fluid? Refill, drive, level?
Wait no, I don't want to drain the fluid when it's hot, right? Do I really have to measure how much fluid I drain? Can't I just add fluid till it's coming out of the level to know when to stop? That way I could drain the fluid while engines still warm, get lines in and fluid changed in one shot. Any advice for me?
Breelyn Tucker i was confused when buying the line so just ended up going to the dealership, was it cheeper at rock auto?
I would change every 50,000 to 75,000 miles.
I would run car and check for leaks, you probably wont need to top fluid off right yet if your changing it.
I have a video about changing the ATF and there are some more out there too.
@@Mr95Kenny I got both lines at rockauto for 60 bucks, plus tax, which is what it would have cost to get just the long line from Napa.
I stumbled on your video for changing the atf yesterday, I was planning on changing it at the same time anyway, but glad to find your video- yours seem to be the easiest for me to understand. I'm due for a change, plus it must be low. The leak in my cooler line is significant. So if I don't need to top off fluid before looking for leaks, then would I put lines in, check for leaks, then change out fluid at that point? And I can do that when vehicle is still warm, right? Some comment had me confused about that earlier, but I don't think it matters
If you had a big leak probably best to add half a qt or so. And it can be warm, just dont burn your hand you its too hot!
Hi Mr95Kenny, could a leakage from the pipes you replaced cause the cruze to feel like it has less power when accelerating?. Or what could be the effects of those two pipes leaking.
My cruze takes time to pick up when accelerating and i noticed quite a heavy leakage.
Chipo Mfune yea if your low on trany fluid than there might not be enough fluid to drive the torque converter, if the fluid gets low enough the car probably won’t even move.
Hello! In the middle of changing my lines, cause I had a leak, and I’m discovering that the old line has one female and one male end. The new line I ordered has two male ends. It’s a 2016 but has the 2015 body style with the turbo gas engine. I cannot find a male/female end line, only male/male end lines on the internet. Have any advice? Thanks!
Also, the part number on the old line only has male/male search results
No sorry. Go to dealership parts department and they can find right part number. Search price online but if it’s rare might have to buy from them
@@Mr95Kennyfound the right part! Both lines are now in but I ran into another issue, I forgot to mark which line goes to which lol would you be able to help with that? 😁 thanks!
Well, one line is definitely a little too short to connect to one line so it must go on the other haha
I believe my cooler lines busted all my transmission fluid was thrown out and hot idled engine sign came on can I buy the part at a autozone or orileys
Amazon or chevy dealer
Do you need to remove the engine mount to bring out the rear line?
No
Thanks!!
Hi my cruze 2011 start to leak from the transmisión cooling pipe base, near from the part where you put transmission oil, what could be the problem? May be it over fill?
Shes just getting old.
Can i put silicone?@@Mr95Kenny
Which line is the inlet to the radiator? Is is the bottom line or the top line?
Um hmm. If I didn’t say it in the video than I don’t know sorry
You didn’t show how to take those bolts that are attached to the radiator do.
Do these lines still go bad even if you maintained the fluid im just tryna see if i can avoid having to change em
Noss Jsjajsjs I would say so. Maybe a high mileage fluid would help
this video help me a lot i have the same probleme thank you man
Ive changed oil ive changed shocks and struts and alternators and control arms do you think i can do this? Do i need any special tools
Yea you sound be fine. Im no mechanic. Just whats in the video.
Can someone please tell me how to disconnect the connector the transmission connector on the transmission module like the cover I can't seem to figure out how to get it off and I don't want to break it I have a 2015 Chevy Cruze trying to get to the transmission module to clean it in the solenoids and all that but I can't seem to get that clip off that Big Clip with the red and gray
Hey man have you done the front crankshaft seal yet ??
tj antill no
I'm about to do mine at 80k miles. It makes squealing noises every once and a while and leaks oil
Mr95kenny I'm curious to ask,,, I've got a burnt smell coming thru when my car sits in idle. I was told it's from the leaky line dripping on something hot. My leak is worse than yours was, but did you get a burnt smell from it? I'm wondering if it really is from the cooler line leak or if I have something else going on too.
Breelyn Tucker once you get the line fixed, next chance you get, let the car cool all the way down, disconnect the negative battery post, and wash the engine, mainly the near the part that was leaking. See if the smell comes back after. I normally just put some soap in a hose and rinse everything down than blow it off. There are videos online about this. Never have had a problem. The only other think i can think of right quick is the oil cooler, i know mine is leaking but haven’t smelled anything yet, but it is near the exhaust manifold. This will be my next video coming this summer.
@@Mr95Kenny Oil cooler for sure. I replaced the gaskets on mine and cleared up the burnt smell at idle.
My lines have some play in them on the quick connect side after the clip is on, is that normal?
If I can remember i think they were snug for me
I am currently experiencing a leak from around the area of these lines! That it’s causing a puddle on the engine mount directly below the lines, I’m just curious when I go to Rockauto to buy the lines will I have to buy any additional O rings or Clips or just the 2 upper and lower cooling lines???
Shotby Zy just the two part numbers in my description
Easiest thing to do is clamp where those chrome pieces are. I put 2 clamps that hold it in place and have no longer seen a leak.
At how many miles did your transmission lines leak and fail?
Um i think this was around 100,000?
@@Mr95Kenny thanks. How do you know if your transmission fluid is getting low without a dipstick? Or did you just see an obvious leak under your car one day?
Check it the hard way, i have a video about changing it and it shows how to check it.
@@Mr95Kenny I'm guessing your talking about the level bolt on the side of the transmission, but how did you notice your tranny fluid leak originally?
Im always looking things over.
I had the lines replaced...when I drive for a long period of time Transmission hot Idle engine pops up on the dash...do you know why it would do this?
Michelle Easton no idea, maybe they crossed the line, but even so I wouldn’t think it would over heat. Check the fluid level?
did you fix this issue?
In this video, the line that has the leak, is that the upper or lower line? I need to replace the same line on mine, and the only description from parts store says 'upper line'
Breelyn Tucker rewatch my video from 20 to 40 seconds in and I explained the lines. They should have a part number, but as I remember only the dealership had it and my local parts stores did not.
@@Mr95Kenny thanks for the reply. I've watched your video repeatedly and searched the web trying to get a solid answer on this. Guys at Napa pulled up a diagram for me, and knowing where the lines connect helped. The problem was that the parts offer no description, except one is listed as upper. I figured it out and I was able to order the parts online.
Do you know of any good video where it shows on how to replace the front wheels bearing and hub assembly for the cruze.
misperros16 haven’t had that problem yet so haven’t done any research on it, no sorry.
@@Mr95Kenny ok thanks
Do you think someone with no mechanic skill could do this? I was quoted 366$ to replace my transmission cooler lines and I have been interested in repairing my own car
John Nelson have you ever changed your own oil? To be honest this is a bit more intense.
General Motors 22865480, 22865479
Deflector.
do not know what it looks like?
Алексей Мальченко i looked the parts up but don’t understand your question
@@Mr95Kenny This deflectors on the bottom of the car! 22905160(R) and 22905159(L)gm. USA parts
Would this be the same set up on a 2016 Chevy sonic ?
D. K. Could be close, might have a different part number
Does it matter which oil line I remove first?
Country logic don’t think so, you will get some oil leaking out so have rags
I.must have the Cruze that was either built on a Monday or Friday. Have to remove my bumper to get one of them damn lines out. Installed wrong that's for sure. I swear Chevy misspelled Curse. Because that's what this car has been since I bought it.
Push in and out to remove
Doing this than selling the piece of shit
Where did you get the line connectors? 6:49
If I remember I believe dealership
@@Mr95Kenny I believe I found them. Do you know the part number by chance?
@@BigOleCaddy no sorry
@@Mr95Kenny all good. Thank you
Battery does not have to come out..
James Ahr pain though.
please a leak in the transmission line preventing the vehicle from starting
Is this a question? If your very low on fluid than maybe?
@@Mr95Kenny thx
all this to move 4 tires lol