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If that factory breather goes under water or in mud, the debris can get sucke. Installation of the diff spacers is very easy, using basic tools socket, spanner, and locking pliers are helpful. Toyota prado 150 breather extension diff, gearbox, transfer case. Diff breather kit 4 port suit toyota prado 90 seri.

I managed to get the 14 id hose and hose clamps at a local napa, but no t fittings, so i just did a full extension of both the rear and front no t connection. How to extend the diff breathers on your prado 90 3. The front diff breather is up near the starting battery. Hi guys i have extended the rear diff breather to the engine bay. Saas 4x4 differential breather kit suits toyota landcruiser 80 90 100200, prado 90 120150, hilux 1997on db1001.

On cooling the cap is pushed back onto the factory breather thing by the higher pressure air outside and thus there is a vacuum however slight in the diff when cold. I extended the front and rear diff breathers on my prado 90 for extra insurance when doing water crossings. Ranging from 2 way diff breather to 5 way driveline breathers. Diff breather extension well lads, thanks for the instructions, i finally managed to do most of the breather extensions over the canadian long weekend. Diff breathers are inexpensive but they offer incredible protection for more than you think. Hkb breather kits move the suction point up high above the water line just like a snorkel. Toyota 90 series prado rhythm offroad, fabricated parts. How do you access gearbox breather to make it higher, or is it all ready connected to breather in engine compartment. Once you have all of the fittings, its a very simple process.

It sits in the engine and works while you are driving to ensure that your velocity stays even and true while you turn. This kit allows the diffs to cool and the air inside the diff. Complete professional advice, including motor oil, gearbox oil transaxle and lubricants for the power steering system, brake system and cooling system. Nomad heavy duty valve body to suit toyota prado 90 series 4. Piranha 4wd diff breather kit offroad toyota landcruiser. Diff breather kit part no rgdbk o v u p d a t e d n 2 0 1 0 fig 1. Rear shock absorber nitro gas to suit prado 90 series.

Toyota prado 90 series snorkels for prado 90 series 4x4 vehicles. If breather is screwed straight onto diff housing, this will need to be replaced with 14 barb 2. If moisture contaminated, the lube will foam, expand and get pushed out the breather. Id at least check the oil colour as others have said, it may need changing. Diff lock shouldnt matter one way or tother the potential issue is whether the diff was hot at the time on hitting the water, the cooling effect can suck in water through the breather as blkmav has pointed out. Piranha 4wd universal diff breather kit for diffs, gearbox, transfer box transmission a standard diff breather allows for expansion, as the diff heats, a oneway valve allows hot air out of the diff. Toyota 4x4 how to replace front wheel unit bearings metal. Toyota landcruiser prado 90 series prado select your vehicle arbs product range contains a host of different accessories, from vehicle specific applications to a range of accessories which are suitable no matter what vehicle you own. The standard kit is 110 x 203 this kit includes a 110 x 229 with a 15mm spacer. Buy and sell almost anything on gumtree classifieds.

Is there anyone else that got the diff breathers inside the cab the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a. Putting the diff breather next to the fuel cap that also vents its hypothetical but just think if your diff breather was sucking in gas fumes venting from cap drawing the fumes into the diff, extremely hot days of summer, fumes expanding, finds a source of ignition with diff full of semi pressurized gas fumes. The manifold has 4 axle breather ports allowing for between 1 and 4 breather lines to be connected. Overland bound differential breather installation youtube. Safari snorkel systems for toyota prado 90 series 4wd models. This article applies mostly to the 2016 onwards prado 150 range and the vehicle featured is the diesel automatic. Toyota prado 90 series diff breather kit 4 port universal dma 4x4 off road 4gr product description. Only very recently quite by chance i grasped that most just pop the cap off the existing breather, stick a bit of fuel pipe on it and run it to wherever suits. I will probably try and source some of the blue filters for the ends of the hoses but the factory ones will do for now. With the addition of integrated fog lights the deluxe bull bar improves your night time driving experience whilst still retaining airbag and winch compatibility.

Safari snorkel toyota prado 90 series snorkels for prado 90. Rgdbtoy2 diff breather adaptor to suit toyota landcruiser. Genuine saas db1010 diff breather kit 2 port for toyota prado 90 series 199602. Saas 4x4 differential breather kit suits toyota hilux db1001. Vehicle differentials and transmissions have to breathe due to change of temperature and the factory fitted breathers often sit on top of the diff. Video of extending the breathers to the engine bay. If multiple breathers are terminated together, cross contamination can occur, spreading the problem to all of the boxes. Superpro suspension parts and poly bushings fortoyota land.

Hkb breather kits move the suction point up high above the water line just like a. It is an easy job, some joiners, some 14 fuel hose, some breathers. Differentials for toyota land cruiser prado for sale ebay. The arb trade rack is perfect for carrying length items, such as timber or ladders.

In my opinion toyota has always made a half hearted attempt at providing diffgbox breathers. Description ironman 35mm bore nitro gas shocks are the rugged all round 4x4 performance shock absorber. Differentials for toyota land cruiser prado for sale. The front diff does not need to be removed for installation. Hard plastics and real metal combined with gauges, buttons and slides that look flimsy but clearly tough enough to handle real hard work. All parts sold as is for off road use, without certification or guarantee of roadworthiness. Nice bling, but not the best way to do it, each gearbox should have its own separate breather.

Not sure about the diff breather arrangement on the prado, but im suspecting the rear diff one just looped into th chassis rails. As mentioned by pradogxlv6, a very easy and cheap mod to do yourself, that can save you damaging your diffs with water contaminated oil. Fit and hkb breather kit and the problem goes away. One of the guys did have his tans oil changed afterwards. Get the best deals on body kits for toyota land cruiser when you shop the largest. On my cruiser, i have fitted extensions to the breathers so they are high up on the firewall at the front for that reason. Diff breathers welcome to land cruiser owners on line lcool. Diff breather kit 105b 2 point blue universal for toyota. Rgdbtrit piranha diff breather adaptor to suit mitsubishi mq triton and pajero sport. I have done breathers on my 90, 120 and 150 as well as prados belonging to others.

It is very compact allowing it to be installed in virtually any location the kit comes with self tapping screws, but the manifold mounting holes are large enough to allow mounting using an m6 14 bolt or stud. The white breather is for the auto tranny video of extending the breathers to the engine bay. Analogue transmission temperature gauge to suit toyota prado 90 series 4 speed auto. Hiluxes standard are just on top of the diff, landcrusers standard only extend into the chasis. This means that water will enter the diffs and the water in extreme pressure diff oil breaks down the ability of the oil to take the load and the gears actually wear out. Toyota prado how the offroad systems work practical. They both have a one way valve which stops water entering thru the valve, but the problem is that when a hot diff hits the water, then air inside the housing cools rapidly and contracts, the valve closes and water can then get sucked in past the seals. I take you the ought the steps of installing elevated differential breathers to keep the water out when you are plunging in. The front bearings are meant to be a sealed combined unit with the front wheel hub spindle pressed into them with a lip seal between the two primary parts.

Toyota 4x4 extended differential breathers how to make samurai. The toyota landcruiser owners club view topic prado. Buy saas diff breathers suit 4wd differential, transfer case. The published wading depth for the prado is 700mm but the rear diff breather in particular would be well under water at this depth. Diff breather kit instructions piranha offroad products. Even my heep herokee has the front diff breather terminating up on the firewall. Alan covers the basics on one of his top selling items. Apr 23, 2017 toyota uses basically the same front unit bearing in the front of the entire line up of 4x4s that are built off the prado 120 and 150 line up.

This kit is a 4 port system which includes fittings for most front and rear diffs transfer case and gearbox to suit navara, hilux, patrol, landcruiser, prado and many others. It allows your diffs, transfer case and gearbox to breathe by relocating the breather to a higher point on vehicle and stopping the affect of water being sucked into diff housings and gearboxes. Online quote to suit prado 90 series suspension kit performance with gas shocks swb petrol. Snorkels for toyota prado 90 series ocam industries. Toyota prado 90 series how to change front and rear diff.

Diff breather kit 4 port suit toyota prado 120 ser. I know this prado has a central diff cos its permanent 4x4, so if its a central diff lock, what difference would that make since its already in 4x4. Buy saas diff breathers suit 4wd differential, transfer case, gearbox, with check valves and all hoses. The toyota landcruiser owners club view topic 90 front. How do you access gearbox breather to make it higher, or. I fitted the new drain plug and refilled the diff, week before last. To suit prado 90 series suspension kit performance with gas. The ironman 4x4 deluxe commercial winch bull bar is an evolution of our much loved commercial winch bull bar. Rgdbmit2 piranha diff breather adaptor to suit mitsubishi. Fast shipping this item is in stock and ready to ship. All our products are made in brisbane, australia, to ensure the highest quality control. Your 90 series prado will have the front diff breather raised to the level of the chassis. I spoke with a mechanic at toyota when i had the km check up.

Vehicle differentials and transmissions have to breathe due to change of temperature and the factory fitted breathers often sit on top. One from a pp north american correspondent who started a diff breather thread for the 120s. Superpro manufactures and engineers the largest range of suspension bushes, poly bushes, suspension bushes and sway bar bushing kits for performance, 4x4, 4wd, handling and durability. Diff breather kit 6x port, toyota prado 90, 120, 150, landcruiser 4x4 db90623. Piranha 4wd diff breather kit offroad toyota landcruiser prado hilux front rear autobox. Which oil is best for your toyota eu land cruiser prado 120 j12 land cruiser 120 3. Toyota 90 series prado front brake pads qfm db23 a1rm qfm. There has been a lot of talk about the effectiveness of the differential and gearbox breathers used on the 80 series toyota land cruiser.

Diff breathers welcome to land cruiser owners on line. Jan 15, 2015 i searched in vain for a kit for my 90 and searched for ages finding only vague mentions of breather kits in forum threads. Diff breathers pradopoint toyota prado 4x4 landcruiser. As the suction point is moved up high above the water line just like a snorkel.

Gearbox and transfer are harder and i didnt do myn, we had a trip to tassi a few years back non of the prados had the transfer or box breathers done and non had any water ingress issues. Deluxe commercial bull bar to suit prado 90 series. A few short clips of my prado in action in various places around tasmania, south australia and the northern territory. Diff breathers are raised because its easy to do and cheap insurance against water getting into the diff.

Superpro also engineers and manufactures other innovative suspension components. He stated the fottuner, like the prado 150 and new hilux run the front diff, gear box and transfer case breather half way up firewall on engine bay and are relatively safe, so dont need extending, unless you plan on wading through water that is deeper. Ironman nitro gas shocks provide exceptional performance for both standard and raised height 4x4s whilst delivering superior ride control and comfort both on and off road. The front diff breather enters the axle housing about 25mm above the axle centreline.

This complete diff breather kit makes for an easy and simple installation that can be done within a few hours. The axle breather manifold is machined from billet aluminium and anodized, making it lightweight and. Dec 28, 20 does a prado 150 series have or are diff locks required. Toyota prado 90 series diff breather kit 4 port universal. Ahh yes all diffs have breathers of some sortmost normal cars they are simply on the top of the diff. Even though there are caps over the breathers, they still open up when hitting water the cold water hitting a hot diff causes the air pressure to open the breather, and water gets sucked in. The rear diff is the biggest issue and also the easiest to extend. Prado vx 2005 auto diesel diff lock 4x4 community forum. Air cannot get in via the standard breather, so it now takes the line of least. The diff lock button has a picture showing a lock in the centre diff that is where the confusion comes in what does a centre diff lock do if the picture is correct. The kit works by attaching breather hose to the diff often replacing the factory breather and routing them up to the firewall or an area where it wont get flooded by water. Mitsubishi challenger pre 2007 2 way diff breather. Diff breather kit 6 port, toyota landcruiser 75 80 100 200.

The standard breathers have a flap and a spring in them and they can block open. This video is how to build an extended differential breather for your axle housing. Vehicle is 2009, manual d4d 120 series prado submitted. This kit is a 2 port system which includes fittings for front and rear diffs transfer case and gearbox to suit navara, hilux, patrol, landcruiser, prado and many others. The safest depth i believe is about 12 inches of water. I started to look in detail when oil was noticed coming out of the front differential breather valve. Landcruiser 75 series 3 way driveline diff breather. Piranha 4wd diff breather kit offroad suit landcruiser. Diff breathers we offer various different kits for all ranges of vehicles. Does a prado 150 series have or are diff locks required. A car differential is an essential gear that helps you turn and adjust your power when you drive your vehicle. The diff gets hot, hot air expands and the cap allows the air to escape. Saas autoline 4wd diff breather kit 6 port for toyota prado 90 120 19982009 fits.