Thread: Wading Plugs

Wading plugs are there to stop ingress of any foreign matter i.e. water and mud, if your vehicle is new and I assume it could be, if it were mine I would fit it and forget it, my County 110 (Nov 84 doesn't have one and doesn't have oil leaks in that area either) if you dont intend to do any serious 4x4ing leave it where it is, out and the hole clear, it (the hole) serves 2 purposes it also lets out any oil that may be leaking from your rear main bearing oil seal or as in the early Series L/r's if you parked them downhill they leaked G/box oil into the clutch housing until rover put a reverse spiral on the input shaft to pump any oil that accumulated there back into the G/box.
PS if you forget to put plug insitu and you cross some deep water it will be OK as long as you dont change gears whilst in the water.

If you do leave it in and forget just remove the plug from time to time and drain out what eva has accumulated say maybe when you service it!!

Also depending on what you have as most auto's don't need one its only the manuals ( i think )


adam

:? I don't know if this has been discussed before but I'm wondering further to installation of wading plugs for water work. I'm fairly well set up, got the engine intake above the windscreen and sealed most of the rest with silicone to stop water entry.

If you have breathers on various parts of the drivetrain should those be blocked as well with golf tees, bolts or whatever else fits when attempting crossings :?:

I figured also that if I installed fuel filters to the ends of the breathers(early commodore style with pickup facing down) on hellspawn maybe there would be no ingression of dust. Could the same be expected for water ?

The best thing to do is extend your breathers I have seen people extend the so they end up in the engine bay behind the engine not a hard job I'm sure


adam

No it's not a difficult job, long way to bring the back diff pipe though..... just curious whether it was a good idea to plug them similar the bell housing or not. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

I don't think it would be a good idea to bloke them thats why they have breathers on them so you don't blow your seals when they heat up


adam

Problem solved..... thanks [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]