Hi all,

A quick one - I'm planning on removing my snorkel. I think theres definitely been additional holes drille to fit it by someone in the past.

Anyone seen or have any good recommendations for a larger side vent - tend to prefer flatter profiles that can be used to cover it?

Cheers

Typically the snork' fits onto the air intake vent on the wing .. OS on a 300/TD5 and TDCi and NS on a 200.
New covers are available, Optimil will sell you one for around the £100 or you can get a std Bluebag for less than £10 (other sellers are available).

There are often a couple of holes drilled into the widscreen frame/A pillar to hold the snork' and you'll need to cap these off. last place you want water ingress that is.
I like a snork myself.
Got a picture ?

miktdish said:

I like a snork myself.

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I don’t. I fitted a snorkel to mine. Initially a wolf style metal with the rubber bend, then the flat plastic one from Mantec. Unless you are going to plug all the wading holes, maintain axle breathers and plumb the air system, then they is a daft addition imo.

Mines gone now and I have the mounting holes to fill and the A pillar to spray

not a big job to run extend breathers and seal all the pipe work
i fitted the southdown wing mount type to mine years ago and whilst i don't know if the few fords i've crossed would get in a std system but at the time it was looking like it went over the intake
just re fitted it as i'm rebuilding the truck

doriz said:

I don’t. I fitted a snorkel to mine. Initially a wolf style metal with the rubber bend, then the flat plastic one from Mantec. Unless you are going to plug all the wading holes, maintain axle breathers and plumb the air system, then they is a daft addition imo.

Mines gone now and I have the mounting holes to fill and the A pillar to spray

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You only need to seal everything if you are going to get it far too wet, at which point the doors seals make thing very uncomfortable inside. The main use of a snorkel is to provide cable routing to roof lights without needs to drill holes in the already not water tight roof panels!

However on a more serious note I also like them and think they look in keeping and in place on a defender and I also agree that it is not difficult to seal everything up (which I have done) so if needed to be used in anger it can be. but day to day its prupose is cable routing for roof lights which are used every time it is dark!

I have never really been a fan of snorkels/raised air intakes as I don't really intend to take the defender through water that deep. I think one of the reasons I wouldn't want one is due to potential air noise on motorways etc, but saying that I haven't travelled in a defender with one so I am just presuming here.

However, one of the main reasons for my having the defender is a regular journey of about 3 miles. Half of that is through a quary with the mud and dust you would expect from that. I recently inspected the air filter and was surprised at how much dust there was in there. I can only put this down to the dust that is kicked up when travelling along this quary track and I have to admit I am considering fitting a raised air intake.

So, if I fit a raised air intake (I have purchased a second hand one with the tubes and rubber flexi section), what do I need to do to turn it into a snorkel? Are there any guides as to how to do it properly? It would be daft to seal 90% only to miss one vital piece!!

With our changing weather and increasing flash flooding I may as well have the truck capable of handling such a situation, though it really would have to be an emergency for me to do so.

I bet half the fitted snorkels out there are not connected under the bonnet.

I have a snorkel - and the air filter only needs replacing at twice the previous mileage

I fitted it for swimming and it has passed that exam with flying colours so the lack of dust is an absolute bonus

Just removed mine. I don’t plan to participate in any severe challenges but easy enough to replace if I change my mind. Mine was the drainpipe type rather than the moulded plastic ones.

Dr Strangeglove said:

So, if I fit a raised air intake (I have purchased a second hand one with the tubes and rubber flexi section), what do I need to do to turn it into a snorkel? Are there any guides as to how to do it properly? It would be daft to seal 90% only to miss one vital piece!!

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To make it a snorkel you just need to go through a fully seal of the connections between the top of the snorkel and the engine intake. You certainly need to make sure the airbox seal is in good conditions and if you have the old fashioned duck bill drain that that is as well (I replaced my duck bill with a front jacking point bung to fully seal it as I never trusted the duckbill to actually seal). Make sure the wing fittings are fully sealed in place both inside and out. Make sure you have god quality hose clamps that will actually provide a good seal under a vacuum, and if really worried a quick smear of silicone on the inside of the pipe when assembling (although this makes disassembly more difficult).

Once you have done all of this you can test it by seeing if the engine will stall by covering the end of the snorkel. of course if you then plan on doing any deep wading you need to follow the other protocols, wading plugs, raised breathers, etc. but with a sealed intake system means you should not get water inside the cylinders.

dag019 said:

To make it a snorkel you just need to go through a fully seal of the connections between the top of the snorkel and the engine intake. You certainly need to make sure the airbox seal is in good conditions and if you have the old fashioned duck bill drain that that is as well (I replaced my duck bill with a front jacking point bung to fully seal it as I never trusted the duckbill to actually seal). Make sure the wing fittings are fully sealed in place both inside and out. Make sure you have god quality hose clamps that will actually provide a good seal under a vacuum, and if really worried a quick smear of silicone on the inside of the pipe when assembling (although this makes disassembly more difficult).

Once you have done all of this you can test it by seeing if the engine will stall by covering the end of the snorkel. of course if you then plan on doing any deep wading you need to follow the other protocols, wading plugs, raised breathers, etc. but with a sealed intake system means you should not get water inside the cylinders.

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Thanks dag. I will not be looking at doing it until next year but I will look at sealing like you suggest.