Snorkel / Filter advice

cornish rattler · Jun 23, 2015

Hi guys

Its payday on Friday and going to order one of these off ebay 311309078749 and one of these aswell 171115899902, as reguards this air filter can i use it and do away with my original air filter for good and keep the new filter clean, the reason i ask this is because my 90 originally a 2.5TD but converted at some point to a defender 200TDI who ever fitted the engine fitted the air filter in a bad spot always needs to be removed to do anything on that side of the engine.

what do you think, will post pic's later

cornish rattler · Jun 23, 2015

Here are the pic's

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

Have you seen waterboarding , coz its similar to putting that sock thing on the snorkle when it rains , what a barmy idea . If you want a thing on top of a snorkle use a cyclonic prefilter .

FMog · Jun 23, 2015

I think those filter socks are designed for areas that are very dry and dusty with lots of airborne dust particles that can cause chaos and mean you constantly need to change your filters (i'm talking Africa, Australian outback, Morocco etc etc..)

If you're in the UK, we have pretty superb air-quality and extremely low levels of airborne pollutants, hence why air-filter replacements aren't needed very often. Like tacr2man said, get it wet and you may have a big issue with suction unless it has been designed in a way to handle the effect of water (which they will probably have thought of), but my advice is, if you're in the UK, there is no need for it. Just a basic mesh to stop BIG dirt, rocks, birds etc etc from getting in.

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

tacr2man said:
Have you seen waterboarding , coz its similar to putting that sock thing on the snorkle when it rains , what a barmy idea . If you want a thing on top of a snorkle use a cyclonic prefilter .

We have these fitted to our crash fire tenders to stop sand destroying the engines.

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

doriz said:
We have these fitted to our crash fire tenders to stop sand destroying the engines.

Do you mean a snorkle or the sock thing ? and where are you operating ?

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

tacr2man said:
Have you seen waterboarding , coz its similar to putting that sock thing on the snorkle when it rains , what a barmy idea . If you want a thing on top of a snorkle use a cyclonic prefilter .

tacr2man said:
Do you mean a snorkle or the sock thing ? and where are you operating ?

The cyclonic filters - notice your forum name is a familiar 6 wheel blast from a bygone era.

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

Yes had the cyclonic on the tender in Australia as well . You picked that right owned one for about 3 years

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

tacr2man said:
Yes had the cyclonic on the tender in Australia as well . You picked that right owned one for about 3 years

Drove one for 10 years and used one in anger to rescue Kuwaiti aircrew from a burning Hawk

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

It was a good piece of kit , went well but had a hell of a thirst . After converting my 110 to diesel , it would have made a good conversion for the tacr as well plus would have about doubled the mpg

Never got to use it other than filling steam engines , converted 1 foam branch to a taskforce , and had it fully kitted + a couple of additions .
Another little quirk was it ate tyres on the third axle.
How did you rate it in service ?

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

Dude,

We are miles off topic now and are at risk of hijacking the Rattler's thread. Be interesting to see if the main air filter could be replaced or modes as it is a pain in its natural position.

Pm me about TACRs, saddest day of career when they changed fleet to current boat engined ****e

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

Back on topic , I have no filter under bonnet , my snorkle tube goes up to a donaldson mounted on front of roof rack with a ram scoop on top

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

Do you have a pic of how and where this fits exactly?

cornish rattler · Jun 23, 2015

tacr2man said:
Back on topic , I have no filter under bonnet , my snorkle tube goes up to a donaldson mounted on front of roof rack with a ram scoop on top

Thats what my s11a swb 200tdi had it came with the disco 200 i fitted into my s11a but fitted under the bonnet

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

There are two, one for the aircon is nearest (above driver) the other is same but for the engine

tacr2man · Jun 23, 2015

The one you had would be a smaller version as these are quite big not a lot of room for engine and these underbonnet

doriz · Jun 23, 2015

Tip'othee hat...

That is awesome

FMog · Jun 23, 2015

doriz said:
Tip'othee hat...

That is awesome

I second this! That is the craziest piece of kit I've ever seen on the roof of a Defender

Well except maybe this...

cornish rattler · Jun 24, 2015

Apparently these air filters that fit inside the snorkel head are waterproof or can be made waterproof and they are a good filter aswell, lots of peeps run them without a normal air filter and just use these as they are easy to clean aswell.

sp00k · Jun 24, 2015

tacr2man said:
There are two, one for the aircon is nearest (above driver) the other is same but for the engine

Coolest defender I've ever seen!

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