Breather Pipe

Hi all,
If I were to remove my rocker cover breather pipe (2.5 TD) from the inlet into the air filter housing, drill a hole into the chassis rail below the air filter and fit the breather pipe into the chassis, this would 1) stop the air filter from getting oily, 2) give inside of chassis a coat of oil to protect and stop rust ( after a period of time, fit pipe into offside chassis rail)
My question is:- can anyone see any problems doing this?
Cheers, Vic

I got this setup with a bit of garden hose goin from the cover to somewhere above ground, so a) yes! and b) well it would mean a new hole in the chassis but why not??? Then the bottom of the box section of the chassis will get a bit of protection, it will have the addition of about a nano-ounce of oil to a tiny spot on the inside of the chassis, but that's probably about the size of the hole you'll have to drill to get the hose pipe in anyway so i'd suggest just poking the hose somewhere out the bottom of the engine onto the ground!

Reet then I've had a few thoughts on this mesself, an wot I reckon is that if the pipe is low down an you do any wading then there is a chance of water getting up the breather and into the injun. I intend to run a length of pipe up my snorkle when I finish it and connecting the breather to that.

I'm not sure but dunt the breather have to have some sort of filter on it rather than open to atmosphere, an if I'm right is it an MOT point.

An another thing I definitely wunt drill any holes in the chassis, if you want it to run into the chassis rail then I'd extend the tube an bung it through one of the holes that are already there. Then there's the possibility of it screwing up yer wiring harness up if it's permanently sat in a puddle of oil.

Thanks for that guys, Yeah, youre right Grunt, I had forgotten about the wiring within the chassis rail, I'll just dump it underneath somewhere then.
Cheers

Don't whatever you do, direct it anywhere above the bottom of the cylinder block level in the engine bay because (as from a rather stupid personal experience last week) your cab will fill up with a thick smelly oily air! Great for that greased back slick look, but not so good on the lungs! I'm replacing my piston rings this week to sort this problem out =)