Who said anything about a cover? And I think you'll find the vent cap I have is rubberwurlycorner wrote:The breather is meant to be covered with a plastic vent cap, rather than a rubber cover
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Gearbox breather?
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I've seen rubber covers on the breather but they don't allow it to vent - I assumed that was what you meant.NafemanNathan wrote: Who said anything about a cover? And I think you'll find the vent cap I have is rubber
are you sure yours is both rubber and a vent cap (rather than a cover)? That's intriguing if so...--
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No, what I meant when...
It was certainly rubber and given to me by Merlin who I assume already had an identical one on both his 5th and 4th gen.
I can't recall exactly how it was constructed, but inside was definitely more involved than a basic cap.
Out of interest, what would happen if the gearbox couldn't breathe? I imagine it's purely to do with expansion of gases due to heat?
... was just push a small piece of swiss cheese in thereI wrote:There is supposed to be a rubber vent cap on the top of it as well
It was certainly rubber and given to me by Merlin who I assume already had an identical one on both his 5th and 4th gen.
I can't recall exactly how it was constructed, but inside was definitely more involved than a basic cap.
Out of interest, what would happen if the gearbox couldn't breathe? I imagine it's purely to do with expansion of gases due to heat?
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Yup I lost my 4G one during my engine swap so bought a replacement, then found the originalNafemanNathan wrote:It was certainly rubber and given to me by Merlin who I assume already had an identical one on both his 5th and 4th gen.
I would think that would be it. The gearbox internals will get mighty hot.NafemanNathan wrote: I imagine it's purely to do with expansion of gases due to heat?
