Crankcase Breather filter..

[shuriken]

After killing my Nx650 Dominator by dropping it in a big puddle and not realizing that water had gone down the crankcase breather tube via the airbox and shagged the piston rings(more smoke out the back than a shot down plane!), i scrapped her and bought an XR600. Now this has a breather tube which splits into two, one goes straight down and is open ended and the other goes up and bends over and is open too, now I like this arrangement however I have heard that I can still contaminate the engine oil of dust etc as it has a suction back into the crank case. I was thinking of putting small K+N crankcase filter on the upward pipe, is this worth doing and has anyone else done this or should I not worry. I see that XR'sOnly sell a kit which is what I have in mind(buy the parts here mind). I also thought about re-routing the pipe work to under the tank or seat to keep it away from any water. Over paranoid or something worth doing?

[catteeclan]

If you're taking this one through deep water again I'd get the breather up under the tank.

[shuriken]

If you're taking this one through deep water again I'd get the breather up under the tank.

hello mate, well no but don't want to get in a situation and then think sh!t after the event, though if i ever drop it i know the procedures!
It's more for general touring and riding in the rain etc.

[shuriken]

No one use filters on the their breather tubes then? Maybe I shall look to see if I can re-route the pipe.

[madandyxl]

on my xlx250r i removed the filter valve and redirected my breather to the airbox
done away with the filter didnt see the point of it being on there