snorkels

[--weezl--]

i've got a feeling this is the wrong place for this thread, but i can't seem to see anywhere else to put it. I am sure these questions have been answered somewhere, but i can't seem to find it anywhere... i went and did a few hours of wheeling today, and like an idiot, i hit a puddle or 2, a little too fast, and my truck was sputtering and coughing for a few hours... along with a good inch of thick mud in the bottom of my air box, an air filter soaked in grey, the top part of my filter housing (clean air side) being speckled with mud, and even a dirty MAF!

so i've decided to do something this week, that i have been putting off for some time now... i'm going to do the cowl induction snorkel! but i have some problems, i don't know what i'm doing really, or where to cut... on the back half, into the cowl, i understand fully, but i can't seem to really agree with myself where to put the hole into my air box (of course, my truck came with the airbox's intake point to the back of the headlight, and a nice funnel attachment to suck in water)

has anyone tried one of these on the newer body style trucks, or does anyone know of a company that makes snorkels for my truck? something i can find instructions on where to cut the holes and what not...

 

[disciplerocks]

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Snorkel.html

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/Feb 06/offroad.htm

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2007/1994_Explorer_snorkel.htm

 

[--weezl--]

yes, the first one is what i'm using as instructions, however, his truck, stock, the intake comes through the fender, where as mine comes through the headlight, the only hole he had to cut was in the cowl, which i understand... my truck has no holes into the inner fender, from the engine compartment, i'm wondering if there is any previous people who have done it on the newer rangers, with the new body

 

[BigRedB2]

i dont think thats going to help you. if your splashing through the puddles as fast as you say you are, where does the water go? over the hood. and into the cowl.


best way to fix your problem is to stay outta the water. Or atleast drive slow and dont go deeper than the tires (if that).

can you imagine what that mud and water is doing to the inside of your engine!

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I've had water up to and over the hood of my 91 with the cowl snorkel...never had an issue.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Do not stay out of the mud, do not slow down and for gods sakes go deeper in the mud. Might just want to go with a full rise to roof snorkel like arb, that will keep the good times rollin.

 

[--weezl--]

i can show you pics of my truck in a few days, when i get my camera back... but from the whole day, including parts where my front bumper was half under water (i got one tire into a hole and realized how deep it was, so i got pulled back out) and when the water entered my intake, nothing really hit my cowl... it's got a few specks of mud here and there on it, but the entire truck, is now brown, with the exception of the back of the hood (and a little farther forward in the middle) the roof, and the tail gate

plus, the puddle that got my airbox dirty, wasn't even halfway up my tires... the problem is, it comes hits my skidplates, and rolls around off the tires, between the header pannel, and "rad panel"

trust me, it's a terrible design for keeping water out... if the hole in the air box were to be into the engine compartment, it would stay dry WAY better... it's honestly a terrible design...

this is also not the first time this has happened to me, here's pictures to help me explain

this is the splashes that caused my airbox to get wet the first time

and the air box, the tube that you can see here, literally goes to the back of the headlight, the wiring of the headlight sits right in the tube...

 

[-Nathan-]

this is how I fixed my water-intake problems....

its an ARB Safari Snorkel, for an 80's Toyota Land Cruiser, but I made it fit. With a bit of ingenuity you can make anything work.

 

[--weezl--]

i've toyed with the idea of putting a big snorkel on like that, but honestly, i'm not super fond of the look on my truck, plus when i put my truck back together, it can pass for stock...

right now my vallance is hanging from the wall in my garage, so i've got a 2" bumper, and my 33's

with my alcoas, 31" at's and the bumper on proper, it is just a little taller (and has a nice paintjob)


plus, for the amount of time my truck spends in water, especially DEEP water, i don't think it's worth the investment... as it is, if i see water coming over the hood, and it looks like my cowl is going to get really wet, i can always shut the truck off, where as splashing on the headlights happens right quick...



something i should have added before, it really doesn't take much water for it to get in the intake on my truck either...

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Heh heh when I cross knarly rivers I dont get the those barbie seconds to cross my legs and say " Whoops changed ma mind". When your in it deep enjoy the wetness.

 

[pillen140]

when i did my cowl snorkel, it took about 4ft of 2" pvc, two street elbows and a 2" fernco. the fernco fit directly on the intake box coming of of the inside of the fender. cut an "X" in the cowl panel, just watch out for the antenna wire. and shoved another street elbow into the cowl. thats a 3.0 though, the airboxes could be a little differnent though. just take the fender off, you will see exactly what to do. just dont use silicone, like i have seen other people use... buy the $2's worth of proper glue.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

this is how I fixed my water-intake problems....

its an ARB Safari Snorkel, for an 80's Toyota Land Cruiser, but I made it fit. With a bit of ingenuity you can make anything work.

Your truck rocks!

 

[feellnfroggy]

It dont matter where your intake comes out of the air box, run your pvc like was done above. You can always cut a new hole into the airbox and seal off the old hole. Instructions are a basic guideline to stimulate our imaginations. Add your own flair to it and make it unique, even if its customizing your own airbox. Or just buy a safari snorkel from the TRS store for 85 bux.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

It dont matter where your intake comes out of the air box, run your pvc like was done above. You can always cut a new hole into the airbox and seal off the old hole. Instructions are a basic guideline to stimulate our imaginations. Add your own flair to it and make it unique, even if its customizing your own airbox. Or just buy a safari snorkel from the TRS store for 85 bux.

85 bucks maby for the little top ram piece.

 

[feellnfroggy]

yeah your right i looked at hte page wrong.