Snorkel

[navigator]

ok so from what I gather .....
1. it will help if you are often in deeper mud/water that might be deep enough to get sucked in the OEM airbox but not likely enough to damage your electrical items.
2. It may help you get out of an extreme situation in a pinch but you might have to sacrifice some electrical items.
3. It isn't really for long periods of deep water fording, at least for our platform.

I did a little more reading and it looks like most snorkel kits have some kind of drain in the air box to allow the rain water to run out.

[navigator]

I have had no electronic issues but do feel a snorkel is worthwhile.

ok, I'm guessing most items (especially the ones lower in the engine bay) if they were to get really wet will dry out ok, especially if they keep running.

it all makes sense.

[The Roadie]

And out here in the West, or anywhere where dust is a problem, another huge benefit is to allow the 2nd and subsequent trucks in a convoy to get clean(er) intake air after the trail leader kicks up a plume. If there's a crosswind, adequate spacing can let the dust blow off. But head or tailwind and there's a lot of dust eating going on.

Similar reason when I travel alone but with a plume behind me, I slow down to stop very, very gradually. Being enveloped by your own plume with all the windows open is CRAPPY!

[Trail X]

I've been thinking about it again too Kyle. Too bad it tends to stay lower on the relative priority list. To me, the easiest execution is a 2.5" metal tube that is cut and bent in the right spots, that goes straight up the A pillar from inside the fender. Shouldn't be too tricky really. With the f150 air filter, and some lighter gauge pipe, it could be pieced together pretty easily I think, and still look really good.

[prepper1212]

i know this has been beat to death. but i have a question. here in south ga we tend to run the air intake into the cab on our mud trucks. i have been looking at this for a solution to the snorkel problem. i believe that there is enough room to let the intake pipe to enter just below the ac box on the passenger side. then with a couple of silicone 90s i believe you could get the pipe inside the passenger fender just in front of the door. then you could either go up and possibly go thru the cowl or out the side to a snorkel. still just a idea still in the planning stage. has anyone looked at this as a option??

[NC_IslandRunner]

Maybe someone should post up the Cherokee snorkel, do you have a sunroof? You may need it!

[DirtyBacon04]

I wasn't going to... but back by popular demand!

[RyansTBLS]

I knew as soon as someone said Cherokee this would show up! I think as far the cowl goes, are best bet on our platform is to see how they did it on the 2013 Range Rover. Or do the butt ugly FJ thing, I'll be glad when that ugly thing is out of production. The annoying thing for me, is my four door sedan could easily have had a snorkel, it was just a tube running from the far back of the air filter all the way to the front, coulda just cut a hole in the sheet metal and been done. For our platform, you have to do something about the air filter, and I believe also the windshield washer reservoir, and air conditioning system. I think JonA or KaRO will be closest to figuring out a solution that way. As far as leaving most of the engine stock... it's going to be a lot more interesting. Though at least a few have done the hoodscoop method for raising their air intake.

[DirtyBacon04]

IIRC there was one member either on here or trailvoy that made a decent looking snorkel. Attn Roadie or JD, i think they might know of it better than I.

[dvanbramer88]

oregontrailsblazin? IIRC its a vendor on here.

[Trail X]

I also think rimonimanu or whatever his name is made one. Johnny (oregtrailblazin) used a Tacoma snorkel and it looks good too.

[prepper1212]

i am interested if anyone knows what snorkel is on this truck. i found this on the "other" site but could not find any info
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... 042008.jpg

[wink]

i am interested if anyone knows what snorkel is on this truck. i found this on the "other" site but could not find any info
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... 042008.jpg

http://forums.offroadtb.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=512#p6277

[v7guy]

I was always curious if the snorkel being pointed forward (as opposed to backwards) would suck down any significant water while driving on the highway during a good storm.

[dvanbramer88]

I was always curious if the snorkel being pointed forward (as opposed to backwards) would suck down any significant water while driving on the highway during a good storm.

Apparently the heads have a drain to avoid that. I've seen it advertised that way at least.

[Trail X]

Yep, the head is supposed to separate out most water. If you look at their design up close, they have little drain holes above where the hose clamp attaches the head to the pipe. But yes, some water will still be ingested into the pipe. That's why a good design will have a small one-way water drain in the air box floor.