Can you post a closer loon at you snorkel - roof rack set up? I'm curious on how close the bars come with the snorkel. Did you have to modify the snorkel or rack mounts? I have the same rack and I'm curious. Thanks in advance
Nice rig by the way.

 

Thanks. I will take photos on my lunch break. No, I didn't have to modify the snorkel or rack. Plenty of clearance. What I did have to modify was my rugged ridge mirror brackets cause it wouldn't fit with the rack. I will take photos of that also.

 

And the mirror brackets had to be trimmed to fit

 

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Thanks for the pictures. Got an idea of what i want to do next.

 

So how many of you guys with snorkels have run waist deep in water? Chest?

 

Depends on how tall you are...
I've had water over the headlights on two or three occasions. $400 for a snorkel sounds better than a new engine

 

unless you have a ton of miles on your engine and it needs to be replaced soon then 400 bucks isn't worth it lol

 

It's worth it to me knowing that my engine won't drown in the middle of nowhere with sometimes no means to get help. I'd rather spend $400 and not have to walk to the nearest town, get a tow truck, tow it to a shop, and THEN find a new engine. But hey, different strokes for different folks right?

 

I am going to play devil's advocate here. My understanding is that in reality and practice, snorkels are more for dust and pre-filtering than for actually preventing water intrusion.

The snorkel is only as good as its seals. I would be willing to bet that most if not all of the snorkel manufactures will not buy you a new engine or rebuild your hydro-locked engine if their snorkel fails.

I do not have a snorkel, but have driven in water up to the hood without hydro-lock; I write this because I wonder how many snorkels would actually do the job of keep water out of the intake when fully submerged? Probably a subject without much test data.

 

That's definitely true for the desert part of my country. While most of the water fording here isn't too deep for a stock Jeep, sand dust can be damaging to engines. In the desert pat of the country, a sand storm, or following in the dust wake of another Jeep when there's no wind to scatter it, allow hard sand particles to enter the engine or plug the air filter.
Most regular snorkels with front-facing intakes don't do much to block such sand dust, a good pre-filter does.

The Rugged Ridge is unique in having a drain-able "sink" that collects dust:



BTW, the Rugged Ridge snorkel works with dual battery, it goes below the battery tray,

Yes, the connections along any snorkel should be sealed, otherwise the snorkel is worthless.

I think you may have been lucky.

I've seen a Jeep cross deeper water. I don't believe its engine would have survived without a snorkel.