What snorkel?

[SG1 Bones]

G'day all,

I've been thinking for a while about snorkel options, and the snorkel I like best is a Defender snorkel. Mainly because it's nice and tight and smallish in size. I have a question though.

Can I fit a Defender snorkel to my Holden 202 powered Series III?
If it is possible what one should I be looking for?

I was thinking the biggest issue may be the curved profile on the wing and the angle of the windscreen.

All assistance and thoughts are appreciated.

Thank you
Nathan.

[jerryd]

Here's a few answers to a similar question asked :angel:

How deep are you intending to go?? :eek:
You don't need a snorkel for two feet of water, and as you've got a petrol, any deeper than that is risky because you'll probably drown the ignition system.

Leave it standard and you'll be forced to drive it properly and look after the health of the vehicle. The people with all the protection are usually the ones that go charging in all guns blazing and come unstuck. Old leaf-sprung triallers years ago were often driven through all sorts with standard air cleaners.

The sort of wading that requires a snorkel will cause a lot of other damage to the vehicles mechanicals; water will get into places it doesn't belong, and so will any abrasive silt carried in the water.
No-one with any respect for their vehicle will undertake deep wading. A Land Rover is NOT an amphibious vehicle in normal form, and it is not designed for it. You only have to look at how many alternators ...... gets through in his 2a to appreciate why. It's a standing local joke that his vehicle is measured in miles per alternator, rather than miles per gallon

I think you need to think very carefully as to what you intend (and expect) to use the vehicle for.
For road and green laning, for fording - there is no need for a snorkel in this country ... and probably so for the rest of the world.
The oil bath air filter is incredibly efficient at filtering out dust - that's why land Rover fitted it and that's what the army et al. used in desert conditions.
The problem here is that owners are too lazy to replace the oil every day (which you have to in the desert).

You should not be going anywhere near water that is likely to be at the height of the standard air filter's intake - you'll kill yourself, as many before have proved - I'm thinking here of flowing river water (floods

One important point that gets overlooked. The "modern" trend is to fit the snorkel so it comes out of the wing side - this reduces the width of the vehicle. If you fit it out of the wing top then then screen may not fold down flat on the bonnet. Not a problem in the coil-sprung Land Rovers. Get the tape measure out before you start making holes.

[SG1 Bones]

G'day Jerryd,

I am thinking that I will replace the engine with a Tdi one day because I'd rather a diesel, so the electricals won't be as much of an issue for water crossings. I'm just thinking of it as extra insurance for water crossings especially when I go to the Cape, I don't want to be checking the depth of some of the creeks/rivers the logs have too many teeth. I'm thinking that up to the bonnet would be the deepest.

I didn't realize that it would interfere with the wind screen fold down, thanks for pointing that out.

Thanks for some input.

Nathan.