I just had a look in my px3 and it's exactly the same as your BT50 breathers, this has saved me alot of money not having to buy a full kit or getting someone to do it fir $500
You are unbelievable thorough with your search for the breathers. I probably would've given up after about 5-10 minutes under the car poking my hands in places I can't reach. My 2017 3.2 Ranger has the exact same engine bay layout with the 3 hooked breather pipes. I assume the rear breather is also in the same spot, but I'll check that to make sure. I rarely do water crossings and have never done one that is more than about 3/4 of my wheels. I'm currently looking to fit a snorkel to help with dust on dirt roads and a little peace of mind in case I ever need to do a unplanned deep water crossing in the future. I wondered if I should also do breathers at the same time, your vid pretty much convinced me that, for me, it would be a waste of time and money for something that's already pretty good from factory. Maybe I'll just consider moving the rear breather mounting up a bit higher if I plan on doing a trip that includes deep water crossings. Good video mate, you go into great detail - something other videos usually just gloss over like they haven't done the actual work themselves.
Excellent explanation of breathers for BT-50s, thanks for your expert efforts! Q: Why wouldn't we just put an extension on the original rear-diff tube and put it high up the cab or headboard?
Thanks mate 👍 You absolutely can do that, I didn't have anything on the back when I did mine but I just decided to get it under the bonnet so it's protected from dust to a certain extent. Also I think it's better to not have it exposed to the weather either, the factory location is normally protected by the well body around the fuel filler cap or a ute tray and not out in the open as much.
From factory I'd say it's about 300mm lower than the other breathers on the engine bay. But whether that is different on a tub style ute compared to a chassis mount I couldn't say (but I doubt they'd be different)
I just had a look in my px3 and it's exactly the same as your BT50 breathers, this has saved me alot of money not having to buy a full kit or getting someone to do it fir $500
Yeah they come pretty good from factory.
I still only just have the rear diff raised, even that probably didn't have to.
"I didn't actually pay for this, it fell off the back of a truck" 😂
Accidents happen 🤷♂️
You are unbelievable thorough with your search for the breathers. I probably would've given up after about 5-10 minutes under the car poking my hands in places I can't reach. My 2017 3.2 Ranger has the exact same engine bay layout with the 3 hooked breather pipes. I assume the rear breather is also in the same spot, but I'll check that to make sure.
I rarely do water crossings and have never done one that is more than about 3/4 of my wheels. I'm currently looking to fit a snorkel to help with dust on dirt roads and a little peace of mind in case I ever need to do a unplanned deep water crossing in the future. I wondered if I should also do breathers at the same time, your vid pretty much convinced me that, for me, it would be a waste of time and money for something that's already pretty good from factory. Maybe I'll just consider moving the rear breather mounting up a bit higher if I plan on doing a trip that includes deep water crossings. Good video mate, you go into great detail - something other videos usually just gloss over like they haven't done the actual work themselves.
Thanks mate. I tried to do as much as possible myself so I can get a better understanding of things if they go wrong.
Awesome I’ll give the rear diff a go!
Yeah mate pretty easy job that one, not too expensive either!
Excellent explanation of breathers for BT-50s, thanks for your expert efforts! Q: Why wouldn't we just put an extension on the original rear-diff tube and put it high up the cab or headboard?
Thanks mate 👍
You absolutely can do that, I didn't have anything on the back when I did mine but I just decided to get it under the bonnet so it's protected from dust to a certain extent.
Also I think it's better to not have it exposed to the weather either, the factory location is normally protected by the well body around the fuel filler cap or a ute tray and not out in the open as much.
How high is the rear diff breather compared to the transmission and front diff?
From factory I'd say it's about 300mm lower than the other breathers on the engine bay.
But whether that is different on a tub style ute compared to a chassis mount I couldn't say (but I doubt they'd be different)