time for a snorkel...i hydrolocked it again...any ideas?

[83 chif]

welp, i hydrolocked my heep's motor twice before, and then out with the 4runner yesterday i hydrolocked my 22re. when i pulled the plugs and cranked the motor, it looked like old faithful...pretty funny stuff, luckily there appears to be no damage, but it is time for a snorkel....anyone ever built their own? did you use the stock air box or come up with a replacement?

i'd prefer the snorkel to be on the passenger side, but it looks like the easiest way would be to seal up the front of the air box where the cone is, then just drill a hole in the side of the airbox nearest to the driver's side fender, then some 3" exhaust pipe up the window frame.

any pics or ideas would be cool, just looking for something to stimulate my imagination.....

i'll try and post some pics of the water holes i sometimes come across on the trails, usually the ground is hard sand and i test the depth first, but some guys run through with some big shoes on their trucks and rut the ground up so much, you don't know what's waiting for you.....

 

[83 chif]

oh yea...

it's an 89' 4runner by the way, 22re 5pd....

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

A lot more work is to move the AFM over to where the bat is, the bat across to where the afm is and snorkle out the pass side. That cuts out all the intake piping that is in the way on the front of the engine, puts the snorkle where you want it, and is uh... cooler!

 

[ms018kmf]

I've made homebrewed snorkels in the past in my heeps. Just ABS pipe going under the hood any way it could. I had a generic canister filter stuffed in what was a battery box. It was very cheap but eventually I went for an ARB. I feel your pain, nothing like water damage to ruin your day (or month). I've been sidetracked by suspension but an ARB Snorkel is definitely going into my Toyota. Snorkels have a way of paying for themselves, even if they only get used once in their lifetime. A properly built homebrew snorkel will do the job if built right, good luck dude!

 

[Jonathan_Ferguson]

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[83 chif]

let's see if i can handle this photo thing....

 

[83 chif]

haha

haha, nope, guess not....i'll try again later....

i figure a home brew snorkel will do the trick, just might not look as clean. i'll have to take a look under the hood tomorrow, but moving the battery and the air box might be in order.

awesome truck jon, i love the four doors, and MS, i'll never get sick of seeing a nice cj7....

i'll try and post pics later simply because everyone enjoys some pics....keep the ideas coming, and thanks for the tips!!

 

[knixen]

Try aftermarket landrover parts, they have bunch of cool snorkel stuff.

 

[ms018kmf]

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Ahhh, fond memories...

Oh yeah, when I put the ARB in the Jeep it still needed an airbox. I got a new Wrangler one and stuffed it under the hood. On Ebay I've seen lots of random snorkels that could be put together with many combinations of airboxes on the cheap.

 

[83 chif]

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well i've done some research, i think i am going to switch the battery to where the airbox sits, and use the stock airbox. once i get some tubing for the snorkel, how do i attach it to the truck to run along the windshield?

i found some used land rover defender snorkel parts that i might buy and use....just don't know how to attach it quite yet.....

 

[missouriman]

36 bucks worth of pvc pipe and it works great.
home made. but man 36 bucks, and an old oil filter gasket.

I hope some where in there you can see what it really looks like.
of course this is on a 85 4 cylinder.

 

[missouriman]

oh and as far as restricting air flow.. yeh maybe a bit but.

 

[83 chif]

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that looks cool, PVC pipe might do the trick, the price is right....but how did you attach it to the windshield frame area?

 

[missouriman]

hose clamps, hole drilled through and screws with big threads. drill the piller with smaller holes then the hose clamps..
you can see the hose clamp in the last picture.
to paint pvc, use the pvc cleaner on a very damp rag. wipe it once, once only or the pvc will melt and smear. let it dry and use plain old spray paint.

that was white pvc, spray painted it about 5 years ago. been rubbed on hard by tree branches and rocks.. I have not repainted it.

 

[missouriman]

Here in the black hills of South Dakota, I get alot of crap about it.
wheeling here in the rocks is nothing like the mudding of missouri.

if you want more details or pictures let me know.
I really think it is the best PVC pipe snorkle that I have ever seen, I was shocked at how well it turned out.

but with the snorkle you also have to protect the dist cap, and your spark plug wires. an electric fan is the best, you can turn it off.

or keep the rpms way down or the fan will swim into your radiator.

 

[83 chif]

hose clamps

hose clamps makes sense. i'm going to looking into using exhaust pipe for the snorkel though, is there any reason why you choose pvc over exhaust pipe? i have a friend at a garage who can have it bent for me, so the cost will be low as far as that goes. just wondering if there was something i'm not thinking of....

i know about protecting the distributer, i'm going to extend the breather line and i also have that nifty toyota rubber distributer boot thinger that helps a bit. i didn't think of the fan though, is it good that you can turn the fan off so that you don't splash water all over the place? or is there another reason....

the trails i usually run aren't even real muddy, just wet. south jersey is flat and the pine barrens flood a lot because of all the creeks and swamps, so i'm learning that a snorkel is a must.

thanks for all the help.....

 

[tntoyota]

i know about protecting the distributer, i'm going to extend the breather line and i also have that nifty toyota rubber distributer boot thinger that helps a bit. i didn't think of the fan though, is it good that you can turn the fan off so that you don't splash water all over the place? or is there another reason....

SUPPOSEDLY the Florida swap buggies learned to remove the fan because dropping suddenly in deep water with high rpm's, the blades would catch the water and bend INTO the radiator. Like a boat prop that cant move the boat, somethings got to give.

IMO, prepping for water crossings would include an E-fan, with an in dash switch to manually turn it off.

Also If you slow wheel, running around bouncing up and down having a ball, snow can pack up under the the engine compartment and stop the fan, then you'll sound like the guy at the stop sign at 3 o'clock in the mourning that you would wish would stop long enough so you could buy him a belt.


only you'll be burning the belt that is the only thing that can get you HOME

 

[missouriman]

you can do parts of it in tube.
I came out the stock hole, that is where the oil filter gasket go's.
around the front of the air box. down the in side of the fender to what you see in the pictures.

 

[83 chif]

???

I see what you mean about running the tubing inside, but this oil filter gasket nonsense is throwing me off. since i was confused, i took a look under the hood, and there seams to be a gasket attached to the sheet metal on the inner side of the fender, right where you said it would be, but why is it there? am i missing something?

 

[83 chif]

side note....

another quick question missouriman, what brand of bumper is that you've got there?