I'm not sure if I'm going to buy one yet but when looking for a snorkel for a 2005 wrangler SE 2.4 cylinder I can't find one. If you know of any please send me the info.
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Bill
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Bill
Snorkel Recommendations?
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What's the snorkel for? Are you actually driving through deep water?
derekmac
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I don't personally like the look of snorkels which is why I went with the Ford Windstar cowl intake. Doing that also gave me room to mount my ammo can OBA.
Most people tend to throw them on for looks. Ive never had the need for one so I run the windstar intake as well. I notice absolutely no difference in performance other than a vaccum sound
Yes, unfortunately the closet trail to my house has some really deep water holes some as much as 3 ft deep after it rains. A guy last weekend hydrolocked going through them. Personally I don't care for they look and I'm against drilling a 3" hole into the side of my jeep but I really want to run that trail. Now don't get me wrong jeeps make it through without snorkels all the time but it just seems like 1 out 50 people it would be my luck to be the one who gets water in the intake.
This is a video of one of the shallow holes.
I like the cowl idea but I don't think that will work on jeep.
I don't see it happening on the near the catalytic converter either that's going to throw off way to much and melt that flex hose which will pass right next to it. On the driver side I have all kinds of open room if they even make a snorkel for the drivers side.
I don't see it happening on the near the catalytic converter either that's going to throw off way to much and melt that flex hose which will pass right next to it. On the driver side I have all kinds of open room if they even make a snorkel for the drivers side.
That one made it through after me. He was on worn out 33s with about 2" of spring and a small body lift. He runs the factory air box. Mine would have been about an inch taller at the time and I had the Windstar intake by then.
I've had water wash over the hood several times. The key is to go just fast enough to create a wake in front of you.
A couple years ago I watched a guy barrel through less than a foot of water and immediately lock the engine. He should have been fine, except that he had an exposed K&N style cone filter that was soaked.
The point being is that the factory intake is quite good at keeping water away as long as you aren't being dumb. If you are exceeding it's capacity during a water crossing, then you are asking for far more trouble than a snorkel can ever solve. More importantly, the smart guys will secretly make fun of you for running one.
That one made it through after me. He was on worn out 33s with about 2" of spring and a small body lift. He runs the factory air box. Mine would have been about an inch taller at the time and I had the Windstar intake by then.
I've had water wash over the hood several times. The key is to go just fast enough to create a wake in front of you.
A couple years ago I watched a guy barrel through less than a foot of water and immediately lock the engine. He should have been fine, except that he had an exposed K&N style cone filter that was soaked.
The point being is that the factory intake is quite good at keeping water away as long as you aren't being dumb. If you are exceeding it's capacity during a water crossing, then you are asking for far more trouble than a snorkel can ever solve. More importantly, the smart guys will secretly make fun of you for running one.
It's funny you mentioned that. I was recently reading some stories about poking fun, laughing at snorkels. It was funny until the guy got hydro-locked on the trail and got toted out by the jeep with a snorkel. I don't know if installing one is worth it or even do-able on my jeep. They're kind of ugly and it seems like it's going to be a lot or work to make it happen on my jeep. For now I'll wait for the water to dry up a little. Thanks for your input.
I would want to know more about the the intake on the Jeep that got hydolocked before giving too much credit to the snorkel.
Again, if you are exceeding the factory intake and air box, you are also exceeding all your axle and drive train breathers. You are submerging all the electrical. And your interior is full of water, including your shoes. A snorkel doesn't address any of that.
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Exactly. Peer pressure to drive through water deeper than you really should is a real bitch.
Exactly. And ask some of the others (I believe it was @Goblin or @JeepNWilly) about what happens when you get water inside your differentials.
You're not thinking about the big picture here. The smartest thing you can do is find away around the water (or at least the very deep areas of it). Submerging your Jeep to a point where the water is over the air box, you're going to end up doing damage.
There's a reason that insurance companies total "flood damaged" vehicles.
I think you guys are 100% right! in-fact I don't even like driving in the mud it's too much work to clean it and too risky. II also always take the easiest path of travel teased or not I think it's smart however, on that trail I think there are a few places you have no choice but to cross through the water. I guess one could try to ride high on the left or right shoulder. On that particular water hole I'm not sure but I think the mud hole on the right is nasty (deep) and I'm not sure one can squeeze through the set of trees on the left.
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