Why are wading kits so bloody expensive?

Why are wading kits soooo expensive when wading kit appears to be retail speak for a few connectors and a few meters of tubing...
Surely some tube from eBay of suitable diameter to push over the existing breathers and lead up to the top of the windscreen would work just fine?
What components have breathers? Front and rear axles, transfer box, auto box... Anything else?

fuel tank, (rockers on a v8)

Rocker covers? I assumed the oil system was sealed to the inlet tract?

only going from memory but have a nosey at the ns rocker, on the top, at the back.

getting old , might be wrong

(the 3.5 have the breathers, the 3.9 has pipe that goes somewhere apparently)

I brought mine off ebay and it seems to do the job.
I have changed the oils since fitting and no sign of any water getting in.
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Wading kits are expensive because the alternative is even more expensive. I some how got suckered into buying a genuine land rover pack. Have done both axles and boxes. Just need to extend the fuel tank breather now which I will do this weekend.

As with anything else you can always source a cheaper way of doing things if you have time to look around.

i would just get a big reel of correct diamiter piping, the only useful bit i think is the block that connects about 6 together and gives you one thinker one to run up the snorkel.

Freediscoranger said:

i would just get a big reel of correct diamiter piping, the only useful bit i think is the block that connects about 6 together and gives you one thinker one to run up the snorkel.

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Agreed. The manifolds can be gotten from the garden centre I think. Or maybe a fish pond place.

how much is expensive?

I got myself a 6 into one manifold and didnt use any 2 into 1 connectors under the Disco.
Also got an 8mm to 8mm connector and cut the existing fuel tank breather and then put the extended pipe up behind the lights up to roof level.

Main kit from eBay and then the extras from
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Am i missing something here? I just paid £15 for my breather kit, have done all breathers ending at my snorkel via a 5 way connector type thing in the engine bay plus my 2 wading plugs...

Jongould said:

Am i missing something here? I just paid £15 for my breather kit, have done all breathers ending at my snorkel via a 5 way connector type thing in the engine bay plus my 2 wading plugs...

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No, Perhaps I am, the kits I've seen were £50+ where did you get yours from?

eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace

That was my one... I ordered it wrong though (I have a 300tdi, didnt see the TD5 bit) but he sent me out the different bits at no extra cost, he does all the kits for all models so its worth sending him a message if yours isnt listed...

Jongould said:

Am i missing something here? I just paid £15 for my breather kit, have done all breathers ending at my snorkel via a 5 way connector type thing in the engine bay plus my 2 wading plugs...

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that sounds about right. probbaly cheaper to source and buy ya own but is it worth the arse ache?

i just ordered mine from ebay under 25.00 delivered inc two wading plugs and all breatherssomething to fit at weekend hopefully

Well I had a look at the above link (breathers r us) and the guys were very helpful and answered all my questions and I got it for under £20. So to answer my own thread, why are kits so expensive? Well if you look round( or get shown by helpful peeps) they aren't.

I understand about extending ALL the breathers up to roofline and the aquarium shop has probably got it all cheaper (but a bit flimsy?). Are there also DRAIN holes to seal, in the bellhousing, cam belt cover etc. ???:doh:

trooper32 said:

Are there also DRAIN holes to seal, in the bellhousing, cam belt cover etc. ???:doh:

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gizgrey said:

i just ordered mine from ebay under 25.00 delivered inc two wading plugs and all breatherssomething to fit at weekend hopefully

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wading plugs

Just out of interest, with all these breathers going up to roof level, do you drive in trunks?

How much water comes in? I realise it depends how deep you go and for how long but a rough guestimate works for me.

aquaplane said:

Just out of interest, with all these breathers going up to roof level, do you drive in trunks?

How much water comes in? I realise it depends how deep you go and for how long but a rough guestimate works for me.

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If your existing breather is blocked then your diff's will suck in water and you haven't got to be very deep for that to happen. So its worth checking your breathers even if not extending them.

With regard to water coming in, depends on door seals and any rusty holes.
If your moving not too much comes in (at least in my case). If you stop or worse get stuck, it fills like a bucket