Snorkel

BnQ sell them, in the rainwater downpipe section

they are available from mantec but cost about £120, you can make one from b&q and ebay for about £40 do a search on here for it

Sean said:

BnQ sell them, in the rainwater downpipe section

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true,my 90's snorkel is a B&Q special.

i went b&q and got a chavy air filter with an outer suround on it to keep the rain out and pointed it backwards and did away with the original one.

B&Q good option with a fray bentos top, I got hold of a 200tdi filter box and snorkel - just got to fit it

I was thinking of making one for my SIIA, should be easy enough.

Possibly gonna get a southdown wing moulding as they look the biz, get a metal pipe from B&Q as the plastic drainpipes look, well plasticky - they have black powder coated metal pipes they sell as worktop legs for £8 that look the perfect size, scavenge some flexi-hoses from a scrappies and bung my cone-shaped K&N filter on the top.

Cool. Thanks for the info guys. Anyone got any pics of b&q jobies?

Not from B&Q (personally I dont like the idea of using plastic drainpipe but there you go) but this is my home made snorkel (ebay snorkel top £10, elbow £8 and rest of the bits scrap yard/from the garden)

Looks good that snorkel Rusty.

I made up a raised air intake a few weeks ago. Parts bought were:

• 2m length of 67mm Internal diameter straight exhaust pipe (from motor factor) £18
• Some scrap curved exhaust pipe sections
• 12 inches of flexible hose (from agricultural store) £3
• Mushroom (from agricultural store) £20
• 2 jubilee clips
• 150mm x 40mm x 3mm flat bar
• 2 M6 nuts, bolts and washers

I modified the standard oil bath filter. It was quite fiddly as it's made from 0.5mm thick steel. Note that with a standard engine it would make more sense to have the inlet port inline with the outlet, but my engine is from a Transit. The snorkle is attached only by the flexible hose and a steel bracket bolting to the roof gutter - very solid. It is possible to buy short curved sections of exhaust pipe, but they were £20 each, so I got some bits of old exhaust from a mate.

A good tip for finishing the edge of the hole through the wing is to cut a length of small diameter rubber pipe to the length of the circumpherence of the hole in the wing, then make a slit down the length of the pipe, and push the rubber hose onto the edge of the hole.

For greenlaning it's good to not have the snorkle protruding from the side of the vehicle as it's likely to get knocked on trees and rocks, but the downside of tucking it in out of the way is that it reduces visibility more than it would if it ran up the side of the windscreen frame.

I found there was no loss in performance after fitting the snorkle - if anything, it seemed to go a bit better.

Some photos:

i think its same to say you dont have to worry about branches

I welded on three little strengthening struts to stop the mushroom getting bent on low hanging branches - looks a bit weird but they seem to work well.

Ah thats more like it, good job fenby

tis much more fun potching about making stuff yourself, than bolting stuff on straight off the shelf innit?

Certainly is

Cool! Thanks for the pics.

Ended up getting one designed for a Defender, £60 on ebay. I need to mod the mounting plate though, to suit the Series air intake.


Gonna get some pics up tomorrow of the Land Rover, I'm gonna be busy sorting the rot on the chassis

Good luck with the rot. It can't be any worse than mine was!

rustyrhinos said:

Good luck with the rot. It can't be any worse than mine was!

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Don't count on that! I will post some piccies of mine up when i take the tub off

lol mine has got 2 be the worst let me find some shots