Galladog

Well-Known Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #1

Hi All,
Ive done a search to try and find out where the gearbox breather pipe exits the gearbox and got nowhere, 1 post said autos dont have a breather and another said they do.
Looking in the engine bay there are no signs of the gbox or tbox breathers, possibly missing/fallen off ?
Cheers for any help

 

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hifly

Active Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #2

both boxes have breathers, both a pain to get at, the auto box breather is high on the near side, can't remember where the other one is but it is there,

get it on a ramp if you can.

 

matthew2riches

New Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #3

I could get to them both laying under mine. I then screwed in a push fit to each and then ran them up to my manifold then up my snorkel.

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #4

The breather exit if it's still there would be seen clipped the the rear engine bay bulkhead level-ish with the cylinder head.

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #5

transfer box breather is on hi/low lever housing on trandsfer box gear box one is on passenger side near top of rear housing ,same banjo in each 9/.16 spanner size,often pipes will be sat on top of box near front not all are long enough to reach head

 

Discodad

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #6

I know this is an old thread.
But I'm struggling with the breathers on a 300tdi Auto (tbox and gbox).

I am thinking about just using an inline connector and extending from the existing breather.
Any reason why not?

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #7

no reason not to

 

thebiglad

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #8

Discodad said:

I know this is an old thread.
But I'm struggling with the breathers on a 300tdi Auto (tbox and gbox).

I am thinking about just using an inline connector and extending from the existing breather.
Any reason why not?

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The only reason I can think of relates to what I've found in the past on the rear axle.

I've had several rear axle breathers that have been blocked at the elbow which screws into the axle to case itself; so if you were to splice into the breather tubing somewhere along it's length it wouldn't work until the blockage was cleared.


Dave

 

StuRox

Well-Known Member

• Nov 22, 2013

• #9

Put a little air filter on the auto box dip stick - was Robs idea, but a few of us have pinched it - even though I spent an age doing my breather kit, including the box etc, the dip stick still popped out a bit....

 

Bushcrusher

Active Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #10

Hi guys ,where can I get this small cone filter from to go on my disco v8

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2018

• #11

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Bushcrusher said:

Hi guys ,where can I get this small cone filter from to go on my disco v8

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Try https://www.halfords.com/motoring/c...ir-filters/ripspeed-universal-cone-air-filter or better still Google “cone air filter” you will also need an induction kit. The V8 sucks in a lot of air and likes it cool as possible.
But then why bother? When the factory fit air filter works better.