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Agile off-road diff breather

parb

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Anyone installed it yet?
I ordered a set, seems like it's a decent insurance against a problem I hope I will never have.

Any ideas on the longevity of the plastic hose is? Will it age and need to be replaced every so often like some plastics?
 
Whether or not the factory differential bleeder valves wiill fail (or not) or cause the pinion seal to leak (or not) getting your differentials vented properly is a very good idea.

The only thing I don't like about the ARB system is that it routes to one location causing a long run of tubing from what presumably will be the rear dif to the engine compartment.

To answer your question, the tubing looks a lot like the polybutylene piping I've been using in my yard for over 30 years to water plants which has a life expectancy 50 years.

I am going to opt for something a bit less elegant in the form of 3/8 fuel line run vertically in to the engine compartment in front and to a high point on the body in the rear to avoid a run of tubing from the rear something like this.

 
Any ideas on the longevity of the plastic hose is? Will it age and need to be replaced every so often like some plastics?
In general (I haven't got the Agile product) the standard hard plastic hose is very resilient.
Not a diff breather , but the hard black plastic fuel injection lines have been spraying petrol into my 1978 911 since 1978.
They live in the engine bay and see sunlight through the engine lid. No cause for concern.
That said, any line under a 4x4 body gets regularly inspected by me for kinks and nicks.
 
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