Quote Originally Posted by LittleBeast View Post
Both of the pics of the mysterious unconnected hose around the trans, are pictures of the same hose, are you saying that this one hose pictured is connected to your tranny somewhere other then pictured?

Thanks so much for crawling under the VX and confirming the dust cover for me!!!!! I really appreicate it a lot! I now can let them know they did something else completely wrong and need to fix it asap, along with all the other things they supposedly arleady fixed. Thanks again.
Sorry, I thought it was two different hoses. It looks to me like that hose coming from the top of the tranny connects to another hose through a coupler just behind the engine. I've got skinny arms and small hands and I couldn't fit my hand up in that area to see (feel) where it went, so they probably couldn't reach the connection after they re-installed the tranny. The hose does go up behind the engine somewhere, but I couldn't see where it came out on top.

I pulled my VX up on some ramps and took a few shots from underneath where the cover is missing. You can clearly see (as much as a 10-year old digital camera will allow) the cover as well as a clamp for one of the cooler lines.


If the cooler lines and clamps are good, your cooler may be clogged. Maybe try disconnecting both lines and shoot some compressed air through the cooler. I've done this with a heater core and seen some nasty stuff come out.