[wading kit / installing axle breathers]

My understanding is that a hot axle meets cold water, air inside contracts and if sealed it will suck water in through the seals.

TD5 axles should have the tubes already. you just need to extend them to under the bonnet or up the snorkle.

Should not need to drill any holes.

Word of advice: Make sure that the breather hoses do not end near (with "near" i mean "next to") the snorkle air intake. Apparently the snorkle can cause a vacuum in the hoses, sucking out fluids that are really more useful in the gearbox or axles than the air filter.

Got this from a mechanic when buying a wader kit... he'd apparently had a client coming in with perfectly aligned breather hoses / snorkle and an air filter soaked in gearbox oil.

Haven't fitted my kit yet, btw... guess I'll start a "Can someone please help me out of the mess i have made?" or a "Where is this supposed to go?" thread soon.

Gus

(Sweden)