New snorkel style on ebay

[bj40man]

I was checking out the available snorkels on ebay for my 105, and came across this new looking style. I kind of like this one, as it has a lower profile in my opinion, but wanted to know if any of you have seen or tested them.

US Air Intake Snorkel For Toyota 100 105 Series Landcruiser 98-06 4x4 Diesel

What throws me off is to not be able to see an actual picture of one installed on a 100 series.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

 

[crimsonaudio]

Looks like a TJM: AirTec Fresh Air Snorkel Kit For 100 Series by TJM [TJMU-100snorkel] : Extreme Landcruiser, Upgrades for Extreme Offroad Performance

 

[bj40man]

So maybe some chinese factory got to copy it? Looks very cool in my opinion.

 

[seanz0rz]

Very interesting! At 1/5th the cost of the TJM, It might be worth a shot!

Edit: Looks like it is from these guys: Airflow Snorkels | Ateco Equipment

Edit again: Looks like the template is from the above company, but not the snorkel?

 

[BamaHeel]

Saw it yesterday, note it does say for a diesel. There was a place in England selling a very similar one on eBay that I also found on alibaba. Given the success others have had with the knockoff snorkels I wouldn't mind trying it out based on the price. That is the style I've wanted.

 

[Columbia Cruiser]

I've purchased the knock off snorkels before, hit and miss quality but otherwise worth it. They are all made in china either way.

 

[BillZ260]

Anyone try this snorkel yet?

 

[Muddy Bean]

I always felt like a snorkel was just a cheap plastic duct. As long as your rubber boot connectors seal tight, I think a cheap one snorkel is the way to go. Spend the saved $$ on something else like a winch....cause well, we all know once you get a snorkel, you're gonna take your rig places you'll certainly need a winch.

 

[BillZ260]

I bought one, we'll see. There was another bit more active thread on it, but no recent postings there either. Apparently it has a horrendous emblem molded into it. I'm not too worried about it, maybe I'll embrace it

"Power Ful"

TJM Knockoff snorkel fitment

 

[ITRJ]

It's looks like it might enter the engine bay right near the AHC resorvoir on an LX. I wonder if there would be a clearance issue.

 

[bj40man]

I got my snorkel with the horrendous lettering "power ful" so I decided to fix that. I just posted some pictures of it here:

TJM Knockoff snorkel fitment post #48 fyi.

 

[jblatl]

Hard to beat the trusty old nock-off I bought for $66.00 on eBay!

 

[seanz0rz]

I love mine!

I was so disappointed with the surface finish I repainted. Also designed and 3D printed a custom grill for it.

 

[Spike555]

It's looks like it might enter the engine bay right near the AHC resorvoir on an LX. I wonder if there would be a clearance issue.

It doesn't go inside the engine bay, the air intake ductwork is in the fender, air intake starts from behind the front passenger wheel, then up the inside of the fender, over the wheel, then down the front of the fender to the air intake tubing which then goes to the air box, MAF, resonator and then to throttle body.
So all this does is instead of sucking air in from below the truck it sucks it in from above the truck.

And technically, a raised air intake on a gasoline engine is only to reduce dust intake and not water as gasoline engines are not really water proof. Water resistant yes, water proof no. Done correctly you can wade a gasoline engine in deep water.

And in my opinion, and I have waded in deep water tons of times, with gasoline engines, with the air intake on the 100 series being where it is and the ductwork the way it is I think water getting into the air box is at a bare minimum.
You would have to be stationary in water upto the hood and even then I think the engine would stall from lack of air not from hydrolocking.

 

[BillZ260]

It's looks like it might enter the engine bay right near the AHC resorvoir on an LX. I wonder if there would be a clearance issue.

I believe the junction between the snorkel and the airbox is in the fender, but I might be wrong. I'll post up, and your right, it is pretty far back. I'll update when I get more details.

 

[Muddy Bean]

In engine pulls in air so fast it would pull in water and indeed hydro lock if you dropped your intake below the water line. I watched my friend Eric do just that at idle speed. He had a lifted toyota and dunked the front end into a deep mud hole at slow idle speed and the engine ingested lots of H2O. I was the one who towed it to my garage and drained the engine oil and turned it over with spark plugs removed and had tons of water in oil and water coming out of cylinders. So I don't think it would merely stall from lack of air. It would ingest water.

Some pics from that awesome day:

 

[BillZ260]

Ran across this TJM install thread, when you get yours, probably a good resource.

TJM Airtec Snorkel purchase and install

 

[Spike555]

In engine pulls in air so fast it would pull in water and indeed hydro lock if you dropped your intake below the water line. I watched my friend Eric do just that at idle speed. He had a lifted toyota and dunked the front end into a deep mud hole at slow idle speed and the engine ingested lots of H2O. I was the one who towed it to my garage and drained the engine oil and turned it over with spark plugs removed and had tons of water in oil and water coming out of cylinders. So I don't think it would merely stall from lack of air. It would ingest water.

Some pics from that awesome day:
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How was his air ductwork done? Factory set up still or something else?

As you know water is heavy, a engine is not going to suck in enough water at idle with the air intake underwater. Otherwise our trucks would all hydrolock when we drove in the rain.
What I am talking about is the OEM intake opening behind the front wheel, NOT the one under the hood. If you opened the air intake up to only get air from under the hood and not from the duct work that runs through the fender then yes, it will hydrolock. But I am talking about the air intake that starts right behind the passenger front wheel, goes through the inside of the fender, where it is sealed from the engine bay, to the air filter box, then to the engine. As long as all of that is hooked up you're fine.
Now to be clear, I am NOT saying that if you stopped in water over the hood with the engine running and all factory air ductwork in place that you wont hurt the engine, what I am saying is, that water up to the wheels will not hurt the engine with the factory duct work in place.

 

[bucfl]

I can vouch for this. I went into a short crossing I had tested and felt safe to continue. Little did I know someone with huge swampers had rutted the snot out of the middle.

I emediately sunk to chassis and tires spun free with atrac desperately trying to help me. I had muddy water coming out of the side of the PS and DS hood. And some water entering front area.

It took a while to get her out and I suffered a loose CV seal and dying alt. Drove home with battery light on. Very slight water in the air box. Insignificant to damage engine. Very thankful no major damage was done and we got the family home safe.

 

[Muddy Bean]

If you guys want to risk your motor running in deep water, more power to you. His airbox setup was stock. He was creeping along at idle along a deeply rutted trail, we had done a ton of water crossings earlier in the day so no one knew this hole was so deep. Water was above his hood. He dropped in. I radioed for him to kill his motor but it had already stalled. I pulled his truck out of the hole backwards and towed it home and drained water out of the oil and had water putting out of every cylinder. So if you're lucky, hats off to you. I just ordered a snorkel because I don't want to ever be my friend Eric who basically scrapped the truck after that.