Air intake & Washing.

[jonesfam]

Every time I have washed the D3 I have looked at that great big air intake & thought, " There must be mobs of rain, washing/hose water get in there. Does it just pour back out?"
And the answer is?
Jonesfam
BTW When washing her I try very hard not to get much water up there.
Jonesfam

[eddomak]

I am no way mechanically inclined, and haven't even looked at the hoses in real life, but am guessing that perhaps the perforated air intake hoses may help with drainage? Which is why the raise air intake kit is not officially a snorkel kit (unless you replace the hoses as well).

[trobbo]

what he said. The air intae hose has lots of holes in it to let water out as well as there being a rubber ducks bottom in the air cleaner housing which you are supposed to squeeze to let water out of as well.

[Graeme]

I think its best not to wash the vehicle just in case the water causes a problem. I adhere to this advice myself.

[jonesfam]

I think its best not to wash the vehicle just in case the water causes a problem. I adhere to this advice myself.

How could I not wash something so beautiful?

[stig0000]

the biggest reason its a "raised air intake' is so when old joe blow gose into a river and thinks i got a snorkel il be fine and drowns the car,, 1 from all the electrics geting wet and stopping the car, and then when the intake is not 100% sealed and lets water into the engine,,

then LR get a warranty claim for 29k to fix??

remeber , when you fit a snorkel, you dont raise your wading depth???, if you read the fine print, :mad: stupid i no but understandabull

[jonesy63]

When you fit a dunny flue - urrm.. I mean snorkel :wasntme:
and drive about in the rain - all that rain gets sucked into your sealed intake and ends up in your airbox. How many bother draining it?

[Graeme]

I'm sure rain gets sucked into the un-flued vent too.

[roamer]

I am no way mechanically inclined, and haven't even looked at the hoses in real life, but am guessing that perhaps the perforated air intake hoses may help with drainage? Which is why the raise air intake kit is not officially a snorkel kit (unless you replace the hoses as well).

When I fitted the RAI to my 3lt, that bend just before the air box was not perforated, like the D3, and the hose in the inner guard now has a plastic cover over it, still not waterproof but better
Cheers Ken

[camoo]

Come on ..... the snorkel is for hight not depth. eg get away from dust not to pretend your new disco is a submarine.:)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

oh,, I dunno--
YouTube - LR3 Land Rover Discovery 3, water crossing, hill ascend & descend, Tong, disco3.com, D3

[camoo]

Excellent footage. A little far away to visit but it would be fun! And Disco's don’t need a snorkel to be a sub!

David

[PaulGOz]

I had a look around in the D4 and could not find the rubber ducks bottom, where exactly is this? I just did a decent water crossing with no complaints from the D4 (no snorkel) only a bit of a racing heart on my part. There was a bit of a current and the water in parts was in the I wish I had a snorkel category and I didn't notice any floatation of the vehicle albeit I wasn't hanging around to wait for any either.

If you check footage of a D3/4 pushing a bow wave you wil see that a trough is created just behind the front wheels seems like a smart place for the air intake certainly better than one drawing air up front where the water is the highest.

[Bushwanderer]

I had a look around in the D4 and could not find the rubber ducks bottom, SNIP

Hi Paul,
In the D3, they were in the bottom of the air box (where the air filter is). I would expect the D4 to be similar.

HTH,
Peter