What is this and how easy to replace?

Hi all,

Took the truck out for a little off roading last weekend and muddied it up. Hosed it down this weekend and popped the skid plate off as I put a little dent in it. After pulling everything off I found this (pic attached).

It's located under the rad support, near the fan shroud. I wasn't in a good position to trace the lines, nor did they look safe to move.

The truck has been well taken care of by the PO's and under-coated annually but this seemed to have been missed.

Anyone know what it is?

Thanks!

 

Probably power steering lines or tranny lines

 

In the front like that, I'd think they're tranny lines to the cooling fins.

 

And with that amount of rust it appears that it will fail soon.

 

my guess is trans cooler supply/return. definitely not a/c. mayyybe power steering

 

Almost looks like mud?

 

Here's to hoping? But considering everything around it isn't caked in mud I'm assuming it's rust.

 

I'd be changing those out soon. Can't say i've seen any ate up that bad, even on northern taco's.

 

Trans cooler lines

 

Looks like transmission coolant lines to me. You need to replace them asap.

 

I am not absolutely sure but you may have a rust problem there?

 

Look like tranny cooler lines to me. Definitely need replacing, because they are going to fail soon.

 

Thanks everyone!

Yes, rust is a major problem where I live. Surprised these aren't made of another material. I'll start looking for new ones now...

... Rock Auto