general-confusion Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi I wonder if you can help me as my 2.8 tgv has a breather pipe that goes no where and this isnt good as its an instant way to fill your sump full of water when deep wading. The pipe in question comes from the plastic breather "thing" on the drivers side of the cylinder head and comes round the front of the engine in a metal pipe just infront of the thermostat and stops . I tried connecting it to the inlet manifold via a drilled and tapped connector but there is such pressure in the manifold it seems to pressurise the whole sump. Any ideas or better still pics Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 You need to connect it to the air intake, atmosphere side of the turbo. Somewhere between the air filter and the intake of the turbo will be spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general-confusion Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ah thanks Steve NOT on the boost side as tried thanks mate will be interesting as have a rear snorkle with the air filter on the end but will have to get an adaptor for the 50mm inlet hose so I can tee into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 this is my Defender 200Tdi, the breather unit on side of cylinder head has a hose to the air intake between the filter case & turbo intake, as on this photo. maybe you could use the Tdi filter case to connect your breater too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general-confusion Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 thanks Guys I know what I need to do now that's great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 on my tgv the metal pipe that goes across the front of the thermostat housing goes back to flex and picks up vacum off the back of the alt for the brake servo. the crank breather is rubber pipe throughout and goes straight to the rear of the block i connected it as Steve says using a 300tdi std filter to turbo elbow just where it goes through the bulkhead for the through cab snorkel. you can see both pipes in this pic you can see the crank breather with the big bend in it going across the back of the engine plus you can see the metal pipe on the front with the pipe going to the brake area just in front of the fuel filter. what does your brake servo run off? if not that alt maybe the metal pipe is now US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general-confusion Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 hmm , i see what you mean JST , it looks like your plastic breather thingy on the drivers side of the engine has the outlet that points forwards going back into the rocker cover just behind the oil filler cap , I dont have that tee on my rocker cover will add a photo later but its dark now. As for the servo a pipe goes from the vacuum pump on the back of the alternator straight to the servo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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