My 2010 Ford Escape XLT, 2.5 FWD with an automatic transmission is leaking transmission fluid. It started after having the drivers side CV axle replaced. Since then I have replaced the seal but it is still leaking. I am ordering one more seal... since the first was a durlast brand. I am going to try an OEM seal. But during all of this I found a crack in the rubber hose that connects to the top of the transmission and the top of the dipstick assembly. Ford want's $75 for the whole assembly. I only need the rubber hose. Has anyone swapped out just the hose? I see no need for swapping the whole tube assembly. There's no oil on the hose, so I am pretty sure the leak isn't coming from there. But it's cracked and brittle so I figure I will go ahead and replace it.
If you did just replace the hose... which hose did you use and what size?
