Dealer statements re Snorkel and Tow bar

Thanks 100,

Yeah that's a fair ol' difference in time spent sealing. Think I'll probably leave the snorkel off my list and go with an aftermarket one like safari.

Cheers,

Duke

I dismantle the occasional Series2 Disco and have come across 2 vehicles with snorkels, which appeared to be in good order. During dismantling, they were found not to be sealed at all on the inner guard joint, just a push fit , just where you can't see the workmanship. In one of the cases there was a gap in the pipe, probably because the installer had difficulty fitting it. Most times they are correctly sealed with no chance of leaking.

I have installed snorkels on 3 of our own Defenders and always sealed them all the way back to the air box, leaving the flapper valve in the circuit.

This job on a Defender can be a PITA, mainly due to the awkward positions of 2 of the screws down inside the guard. Choose your installer carefully.


Erich

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Originally Posted by Bundalene

...............leaving the flapper valve in the circuit. ..................


Erich

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I've see this comment before along with the comment that Safari recomend it be taken out:angel:

Does the valve need servicing.

So what's the flapper valve and pro/cons laking it out against leaving it in:confused:

Thanks

Hi, this is a one way valve to let water out of the air system during driving rain.

Pros - saves the air filter from getting saturated, ... or even more ...

Cons - must be maintained to make sure it is still pliable and not permanently open. I am unsure of the service life.

By removing it you probably remove the posibility of it ever leaking.

People living in the tropics often turn their snorkel intake to a backward facing position during the wet season.

Erich

Hi all,

Just a quick side note on the Safari snorkels, Safari have recently made a replacement snorkel so that the 1 model (SS581HF) fits both the TD5 and TD4, and have dropped prices dramatically to be more competitive in the market from $505.00 RRP to $325 RRP.

I have been told they can drop prices this much as this is their biggest selling snorkel (they sell tons of them in Europe and UK).

Cheers,

Andrew.