look at my avatar I did not mean to get stuck in water that deep and it got deeper

 

Hey, I'm not saying Discos can't wade. I'm saying that's not what the snorkel is for. The Disco in the avatar was dead and a snorkel would not have saved it. The hood is not even under water and a non-snorkel intake near the cowl could have worked had the intake been the only issue.

Plenty of Discos have gone deep under, but they're usually dead when the water goes over the hood. Not just splashes, but when the hood is under water, the snorkel isn't going to save you. Show me one that's running with the hood submerged. It won't be a Disco.

Point is you don't need a snorkel to wade, and it won't help any compared to just moving the intake toward the back of the engine compartment.

 

The one in the avatar is not dead engine running just no momentum at that water height the factory intake point would be sucking water don't think it would take much water to kill the maf

Yes you can do some wading with no snorkel but the engine is worth more then $185 to me hell the maf is worth more then that depending where you buy it

Want to play off road it is like alot of things, prepare for the worst and hope for the best, just be safe and have fun

 

Link to snorkel instal thread
https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...-instal-59380/

 

Unlike the diesel, water screws up the electronics before it even gets close to a snorkel intake. Snorkels are still good for clean air though.

 

Ok, seems there really is a point (other than looking cool ... )

 

Snorkel, you don't need no stinkin' snorkel.

 

Yes spike, i also drove my police car through water so deep it came up over the hood and rippled halfway up the windshield at 5 mph, how the engine kept running and I only got an inch of water in the cruiser I do not know, that was during the floods 2 years back? Car still runs and drives everything works
2005 impala

But I have also killed a 455 olds in my 78 Chevy step side with 33" tires and 4" lift when the nose dropped into a creek and water was sucked in the factory snorkel behind the headlight $2500 screwup

Factory rover similar location, I do dumb things so snorkel to me it cheap insurance that's just me

 

Don't forget, you get in water guess in theory the fans should stop if not you are forcing water onto the engine and all over the compartment soaking everything, nowhere under that hood is a good place for air intake imo

 

Question, the stock intake is shielded from rain and such, the snorkle's placement is prime for pulling in rain, where does that end up? ... What prevents the airbox from becoming a swimming-pool