CVT Drain Plug

[825joe]

Well I caught a little wave of water yesterday in the cvt intake while crossing about a foot of water. LOL... no problem. I just put it in neutral to blow out the water and putted home. It dried out just fine. No debris in the cvt. I checked. I was surpirsed though to find out that our cvt's. I wonder if we can make one...hmmmm. I might need to come up with a snorkel for the intake at least. Th exhaust for the cvt is pretty high up there. Also question for you guys. might seem silly but the air intake. I would assume it gets air from the canister but was looking at it and didn't see any openings.

[WOEII]

Hi Joe! :Seya:

What if a plug was made for it? Would the belt temps go up? Also after deep water just uplug the plug to make sure no water leaked in. Just ponderin... :hdscrh:

The canister has a little nipple on it. The air seems to go through this. I herd the diesels have a second intake but have not had time to track it down of if it's just rumors.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2exr0pd.jpg
:Chers:

[purplewg]

Me thinks that is the engine air cleaner WOEII. The CVT snorkel is on the other side.:Chers:

[WOEII]

Me thinks that is the engine air cleaner WOEII. The CVT snorkel is on the other side.:Chers:
I read snorkel and thought right to air intake! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_13_13.gif
:lol:

[purplewg]

:Chers:

[825joe]

looking at the air filter canister how does air get in?? May be a silly question. lol.

Also, the cvt case has no drain plug on it, unless I missed something.

[purplewg]

If you look right at the base of the cap looking deal (big end with rubber drain in it) there are slots around where it mates with the housing.

[825joe]

thats where all the air goes in? wow... not much flow there

[JD620I]

If you look under the passenger seat the air cleaner actually sucks air in through a tube in there. The rubber piece is a dust unloading valve. Thats how my 620i was.There is another thread on here showing how the extended the cvt intake up behind the drivers seat to keep it from getting a bunch of dust in the clutches.

[JD620I]

http://johndeeregatorforum.com/forum/showthread.php?10933-825i-CVT-locking-up-Help!/page2

[825joe]

I found it...little tube under the passenger seat by the cannister. As for the cvt drain plug. someone told me about a tire valve stem. Drill a small hole and insert the valve stem with the core out so it can drain. I might try this and let you all know.