Snorkels, whats the story???

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davek0974

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I was boringly flipping through youtube and came across an episode of Wheeler-Dealers where the dopey duo were turning a pretty nice Disco 1 300tdi into "an awesome offroader":rolleyes: Turns out all they bloody done to it was fit a new steering box, sump guard, several tons of light bars, light guards, roofrack and of course a snorkel:confused:

Never mind body/chassis rust, engine service etc.

As i see it, the air intake is at least 30" above ground level in the N/S wheel arch? so the vehicle should have little problem in wading through 12-18" of water without breaking a sweat (not forgetting to fit wading plugs which of course they didnt mention). I personally think 18"+ of water is pretty damn deep to be driving through but i may be wrong?

So i was wondering, unless i'm taking her scuba diving or across the Sahara, what is the point of a snorkel?:confused:

Don't take this the wrong way, i'm not bashing snorkels, people fit whatever they want to their motors and i'm all for it but is there a hidden use? Do they add value?

Hiding behind the settee waiting to get flamed:D:D
Dave
 
Well your right in one way

but then if ya do something like what paul_c did at chesterfield pay & play site last weekend you would be wishing ya did have a snorkel.

He dropped the front end of his disco into a puddle and the found out as he went in that the water came up to his windscreen ooooppppsss. this then imediatly was sucked up the air intake and stopped the engine dead. ok he got away with it cos afta he had been winched out he removed his glow plugs and disconnected the feed to the fuel stop selonoid and then turned the engine ova to pump all the water back outa his engine. he was very lucky and got away with it.

Ok so b 4 n e one shouts yes u should always check how deep the water is b 4 u enter but this was one o them cos we had all seen some one else go through earlier and thought it didn't look too deep rofl

so yes they have there uses but unless u really gonna use it like that they just another bit o bling imho
 
Tøxïc§øX™;1256005 said:
this then imediatly was sucked up the air intake and stopped the engine dead. ok he got away with it cos afta he had been winched out he removed his glow plugs and disconnected the feed to the fuel stop selonoid and then turned the engine ova to pump all the water back outa his engine. he was very lucky and got away with it.
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Hmm, i did that with my mondeo last winter in the floods, the damn puddle was only 4-5" and i was not motoring as it was dark and on a bend, she sure stopped quick :) The garage spent 4 weeks getting her going again and she never did recover fully. Some idiot Ford designer decided it would be good to put the air intake right down at road level in the front valance!!! Naturally i did not know this, now sh1t myself every time i go through a puddle in it.

Itrs another reason i got the disco, plenty of country lanes around here:D
 
davek0974 said:
As i see it, the air intake is at least 30" above ground level in the N/S wheel arch? so the vehicle should have little problem in wading through 12-18" of water without breaking a sweat (not forgetting to fit wading plugs which of course they didnt mention). I personally think 18"+ of water is pretty damn deep to be driving through but i may be wrong?

So i was wondering, unless i'm taking her scuba diving or across the Sahara, what is the point of a snorkel?:confused:

Don't take this the wrong way, i'm not bashing snorkels, people fit whatever they want to their motors and i'm all for it but is there a hidden use? Do they add value?

Hiding behind the settee waiting to get flamed:D:D
Dave
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I fitted my snorkel because of other idiots on the roads. If you're driving steadily through water a few inches deep on the road surface and some muppet decides to go through it coming the other way at full tilt, the water is sloshed straight into the wing mounted intake on a 300tdi/td5 defender.:doh::doh::doh:

It also comes in handy for wading in flowing water.



[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaQ40WpOVlc"]YouTube - Ratty wading in Dorset.[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYxWjiNPcI&NR=1"]YouTube - Buckshot wading in Dorset[/nomedia]

davek0974 said:
Hmm, i did that with my mondeo last winter in the floods, the damn puddle was only 4-5" and i was not motoring as it was dark and on a bend, she sure stopped quick :) The garage spent 4 weeks getting her going again and she never did recover fully. Some idiot Ford designer decided it would be good to put the air intake right down at road level in the front valance!!! Naturally i did not know this, now sh1t myself every time i go through a puddle in it.

Itrs another reason i got the disco, plenty of country lanes around here:D
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Vauxhall combo vans suffer from the same problem. I get regular demonstrations of this by the drivers of red vans which deliver mail.;):doh::p
 
ratty said:
I fitted my snorkel because of other idiots on the roads. p
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Like this one? Would it help you in a situation where, say, something like this happened???:D:D:D

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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h7PnPeJ8IA"]YouTube - 29112009002.mp4[/nomedia]

it kinda crossed my mind that i didnt have one while out playing in this.
did have a soggy air filter when i checked it next day.
 
the muddy water I was playing in today could have been sucked up with no problem, lets put it this way at one point could not see out the windscreen....... as it rushed up the bonnet up the windscreen, and onto the roof....... lol I was hacking thro it tho...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

I agree it does help keep out the dust when its dry, and it gives ya some where to run the cables down from the light bar. oh yeah and a place to run the breathers up, you can always argue that it has a ram air effect when you going fast:D:D
 
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