MILITARY SPEC BREATHER SYSTEM FOR 19J DIESELS
In Richard Hall’s recent article in LRM he mentioned the 19J’s notorious breathing issues, and fitted a modified breathing system based on a cyclonic oil separator that had been developed by the British army. He said he had all the bits on the shelf, but sadly gave no further details.
I am keen to look into this as I still have the original 19J engine in my 1989 90, which also suffers from an oil saturated air filter. Could LRM provide more information including how to fit such a system as I’m sure I’m not the only one still running the vehicle on its original engine.
Anthony Kent
A modified breather system was fitted to many military 90 and 110 vehicles with the 12J and 11J (2.5 non-turbo) engines. The system can be fitted to the 19J turbodiesel to reduce its tendency to fill the air filter housing with oil.
