Raised breathers

[El-Dracho]

Hi,

I thought I'd share my current DIY project here. Maybe it will be of interest and use to one or the other here.

My Defender already has some of the breathers raised from the factory. What has always bothered me, however, is that they simply end up as a hose in the engine compartment. There are many solutions available to buy, but I preferred DIY.

So I looked around a bit in the pneumatics area, created a few sketches and did a bit of cardboard aided design.

A few pictures of the process:




The final DIY breather bar:





Happy with the result and will fit it to the rig the next days.

Bjoern

 

[genocache]

OOOOOO, shiny!

 

[El-Dracho]

OOOOOO, shiny!

Thanks. Yes, the bracket is made of stainless steel. Pretty solid. Actually oversized for it. I think that's what we call German over-engineering - hehe.

 

[Wranglervirus]

Hi,

I thought I'd share my current DIY project here. Maybe it will be of interest and use to one or the other here.

My Defender already has some of the breathers raised from the factory. What has always bothered me, however, is that they simply end up as a hose in the engine compartment. There are many solutions available to buy, but I preferred DIY.

So I looked around a bit in the pneumatics area, created a few sketches and did a bit of cardboard aided design.

A few pictures of the process:

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The final DIY breather bar:

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Happy with the result and will fit it to the rig the next days.

Bjoern

It loks nice

 

[genocache]

Bjoern, The only thing I would suggest is if you have letter stamps and it's important to you to imprint the code in the bracket.

 

[Luinil Explorations]

Nicely done. Is it possible to get a parts list with links?

 

[paul87250]

Looks great, will you be bringing all the feeds together in a manifold and then into the raised air intake (snorkel) or is this just to tidy up the mess land rovers have under the bonnet?

 

[El-Dracho]

Looks great, will you be bringing all the feeds together in a manifold and then into the raised air intake (snorkel) or is this just to tidy up the mess land rovers have under the bonnet?

Thanks, Paul. For now it´s just to tidy up the mess. This is my overlanding rig and I am not planning to go deeper into the water as necessary. So no need for raise them even more up.

 

[El-Dracho]

Nicely done. Is it possible to get a parts list with links?

Thanks. I have a list what I used. Will post some infos later.

 

[El-Dracho]

Well, I'll try to describe what I used as parts as accurately as possible. This DIY project is an experiment and time will tellif it works properly. For example, I chose the pneumatic silencers/filters so that they are as compact as possible, but still have a high flow rate. This is because the breathers should keep the respective cavity, for example the differential or gearbox, neutral to atmospheric pressure, i.e. depending on the expansion of the oil in it, air must be able to get in or out to compensate. Practice will show whether this breather block is sufficient and works.

There are many ready-made solutions of this type on the market. Here in Germany or Europe, however, I haven't found anything that I like and I also like to build things myself. DIY wasn't necessarily cheaper, mainly because I bought the pneumatic components from a specialist shop in good quality and used a sturdy stainless-steel bracket.

It's not just in pneumatics that there are many different dimensions and standards depending on the continent or country, so you just have to see what's available in your region and what works.

5 x Push-in connector with female thread G 1/8"-6mm, IQS standard
5 x pneumatic silencer G 1/8”, wire mesh, nickel-plated brass, flow rate 20NL/h
Straight push-in fittings 6mm-6mm, IQS standard for extending existing breathers
Flexible pneumatic hose, 6mm for extgension/ breather pipes
1 x Z profile stainless steel 1.5mm in the dimensions 100mm x 25mm or 20mm (one leg is shorter)
1 x labeling individual plotted on transfer foil
2 x M4 Allen screws, 2 x M4 rivet nuts and 2 xwashers for mounting in the engine compartment