Thread: NO SNORKEL

I've always installed them, mostly for the dust factor.

I havent got 1,,probably will down the the track sometime..best add on I think is a front bar of some sort..looking at all the nicks and scratches all over it from scrub and branches and whatever I've hit along the way..certainly saved the paint on the front of the defender.

I have a snorkel but I'm don't convinced you get cleaner air.....in theory yes but it's marginal.

When you pass somebody I the opposite direction there ain't much difference in air quality between 500mm off the ground to 1800mm off the ground. The air is pretty thick with dust.

RVR110 probably has got some views on this one as things don't always go according to plan...

Show us your Deefers !

I just fitted a snorkel to my 130 , not for water but mainly to fit a precleaner when going on dusty trips. Precleaners save my tractor air filters from huge amounts of debri and the amount of dirt you clean out is awesome.
I will buy one of the new spinning ones rather than a standard precleaner and see what effect it has

Originally Posted by jasonedu

RVR110 probably has got some views on this one as things don't always go according to plan...

Show us your Deefers !

Hi Jason - long time no see!
Yep - that car was 4 months old when that happened and I hadn't yet gotten down to "Snorkel" on my to-do list. The insurance company wrote it off. You may notice from my position on the track that I was trying to be conservative and tried to drive around the puddle rather than through it. I just chose the wrong side. Nowadays I will either check the depth or be the 2nd car through

Funnily enough, both of the Defenders that I've bought since then have come with a Snorkel and an Ex-Box... and Mrs RVR110 wouldn't have it any other way!

Have to agree with Ian - and a bit puzzled why others have not mentioned it - but if you want cleaner air from a snorkel then the most important thing is a centrifugal pre cleaner on top. This can filter out an enormous amount of crud.
Very few snorkels have them any more - with the emphasis being on appearance - not function.

Originally Posted by alanw

Have to agree with Ian - and a bit puzzled why others have not mentioned it - but if you want cleaner air from a snorkel then the most important thing is a centrifugal pre cleaner on top. This can filter out an enormous amount of crud.
Very few snorkels have them any more - with the emphasis being on appearance - not function.

Correction...

RAI should consider a pre-cleaner

Snorkel is as it's name suggests - for breathing under water