Thread: Keeping Bugs out of Safari Snorkel?

Iwould leave it facing forwards and put some mesh over it.
Last xmas when we were coming back from Vic. I turned the head around on the
D3 and forgot about it when we got back to Qld and all the rain it cost me a new
air flow metre and could have been worse, as it sucked water into the filter and lots
of it.

Bigmac

Originally Posted by RoverLander

On digging a little further into the unifilter support information on the internet it also states to only use the sock off road and at low speeds... So that sort of rules it out for road use.

I cant work out the effect of a rear facing snorkel on the air pressure into the engine.. So i probably wont risk that either.

FAFF..

point it where you like and put a stocking on it.

I like to point them backwards for one reason, with a stocking on it it becomes self cleaning if you leave it (the stocking) a little "loose"

ask yourself this question.

when I have the boot into it in low range and the engine is working hard at 2200 RPM on full boost trying to claw me up a dune is it drawing more or less air than when Im coasting along on a highway at 110 KPH at 2200 Rpm with only half noise applied?


you have an ELECTRONICALLY managed engine, it knows the difference between the pressures in the intake and the manifold and will adjust the fueling to suit.

the air filter box has a water drain in it, so long as you dont seal it up, let it get damaged it will get rid of normal quantities of water from rain ingestion.

My real advice on this one...

put the snorkle head one way and rotate it around abit listening to it as you drive, in some positions you may get induction noise in others you wont.

Put it on in the direction that has the least or no induction noise (unless you like induction noise) and put a stocking on it to help keep the birds and the boulders out (it also stops wasps from building nests in there if you leave it for a few weeks)