Rear Diff Breather

[08H3]

I really need to relocate my rear diff breather. I'm know it's been underwater on several crossings. Is there any reason that I couldn't run it all the way up front and up into the engine compartment alongside the front breather? My common sense knowledge says there shouldn't be a problem with that length of hose, but I thought maybe someone out there with more understanding of this kind of thing would see something I didn't. Thanks in advance for the input.

 

[Panzer07]

There's no problem I run ARB breather set up...I like mud and water splashing for 60 bucks is a cheap insurance to keeping everything dry. The amount of hose that is provided with the ARB kit is more than enough if you route it well, you can connect both differentials, transfer case and transmission. My advise to you is to connect the ARB hose to the oem one specially the transmission and transfer case one I learned the hard way that the tranny temperature would melt the ARB hose making a big mess under the carriage.

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[digglesworth]

i like the idea of running all the breathers to a central location. however, i opted for the easy way out. got a piece of tubing from napa and routed the rear up the gas tank filler neck. used the little cap that was on the end of the oem hose for good measure. with my soa rear lift along with body lift, id have to get in really deep water to submerge the breather, which would create way worse issues...

 

[Woodtick]

Never had water come through the breathers,though I should raise mine. I've always sucked the water in through the seal. Hot Diff, cold water, in the water to long,= water in my Diff. Never had water in the front diff,but it's happened 3 times on the rear. Edit: don't know for a fact how the water got in. The pinion seal was bad ( was good before I started beating on the poor girl)and the water wasn't all that deep.