Thread: Do I need a snorkel?

Travelling in convoy with a Safari RAI will fill the filter with more crap than not having one at all,Mantec have the best designed RAI in my experience. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Travelling in convoy with a Safari RAI will fill the filter with more crap than not having one at all,Mantec have the best designed RAI in my experience. Pat

I take it the Safari have an inbuilt dust producer for that to work.


Martyn

I will always have a snorkel fitted to my vehicle if it is used as on off road machine.
The "cheap insurance" angle is the reason.
After a number of years in Arnhem Land with wet season and post wet season roads, a drop into a hole during a normally shallow crossing, etc. a snorkel makes the difference between an "oh dear" moment and an engine rebuild.

Ill let others discuss the merits of different brands.

"I take it the Safari have an inbuilt dust producer for that to work."


No... just a handy forward facing vacuum nozzle that sucks up all airborne dust thrown up by the vehicle in front if you...

Arguably the Safari probably seals better for using as un underwater breathing apparatus, but then both Pat and I said that we would rather avoid water than splash through it.

I've used Safari snorkels in the UK doing flood assistance and rescue with my 300Tdi wading up to 1200mm deep, but that sort of thing is pretty pointless with ECU's, TPS,'s as found in Pumas.

Cheers,

Lou

What no one has mentioned yet is that a snorkel knocks performance and fuel economy as it's a restriction to the intake air.

And yes, I have a Safari one on my Tdi as it came fitted when bought, but it is modified where it goes through the guard with an 80mm hose to the air cleaner, vs the standard Land Rover 52mm Pipe.

Rick,I've never noticed any difference,my TDCi was 6 months old when I fitted a mantec,one vehicle that did was a mates Hilux but the pipe work for that thing was 12 feet long,stupidest thing I've ever seen. Pat

You'll need a pretty sensitive bum dyno most of the time Pat, but you'd see it pretty quickly on a rolling road.

Originally Posted by Loubrey

"I take it the Safari have an inbuilt dust producer for that to work."


No... just a handy forward facing vacuum nozzle that sucks up all airborne dust thrown up by the vehicle in front if you...

Arguably the Safari probably seals better for using as un underwater breathing apparatus, but then both Pat and I said that we would rather avoid water than splash through it.

I've used Safari snorkels in the UK doing flood assistance and rescue with my 300Tdi wading up to 1200mm deep, but that sort of thing is pretty pointless with ECU's, TPS,'s as found in Pumas.

Cheers,

Lou

It's funny reading replies on forums,it doesn't take long to find out who's talking from experience and who's talking through their arse ,I used to turn the head around to keep the rubbish out,defeats the purpose of having the thing. Pat