Have you ever used your snorkel?

wayoflife said:
Good luck getting a show of hands of someone who really "needed" one here in America and be able to prove it. Of course, wanting to have one to horseplay isn't the same thing as actually "needing" one but of course, that's just me. :yup:
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Actually, a snorkel is better for getting cold clean air to your Jeep when you are in a line of vehicles in 4H doing 30 mph on a long ride on a dusty washboard dirt road...I've had two trucks stopped in water crossings (not hydrolocked); one in the late 70's crossing a small concrete bridge on the island of Molokai that I've crossed a thousand times...it looked like a little water on the bridge, but I didn't know the center had collapsed due to heavy flooding...the other in Waipio Valley on the Big Island in a rental truck...I walked the stream before crossing, but missed the deep hole my front tire found & dunked the hood...both trucks stopped due to electrical problems...
 
BobbyGTX said:
I'm getting one, probably won't use it much but here in Houston there a lot floods and it floods fast. I seen cars floating under highway bridges. I been threw a hurricane out here and that was bad.
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I can confirm this I also live in the Houston area the flood control is terrible in and around the city.
 
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It is a must in Iceland, I was stationed there for 3 years and did not install mine, bad on me. I hit a hole and locked the motor. Luckily no damage. Pulled spark plugs, cranked motor and flushed out the water and it started back up. Most of the roads in Iceland have water crossings and the water level rises and lowers depending on temperature and glacier run off. I was out with the Artic 4 wheel drive Icelandic Club, 32 vehicle in all when I got my stuck. I had the snorkel sitting in my garage but was too lazy to put it on.
 

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I had to get in the water and hook up the tow strap and then walk in the water to attach two straps together with a D-Ring to get pulled out. There were a huge line of Jeeps on the other side you can't see. I was the third vehicle in line to cross.
 
monstrousmac said:
It is a must in Iceland, I was stationed there for 3 years and did not install mine, bad on me. I hit a hole and locked the motor. Luckily no damage. Pulled spark plugs, cranked motor and flushed out the water and it started back up. Most of the roads in Iceland have water crossings and the water level rises and lowers depending on temperature and glacier run off. I was out with the Artic 4 wheel drive Icelandic Club, 32 vehicle in all when I got my stuck. I had the snorkel sitting in my garage but was too lazy to put it on.
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Badass pictures for sure. :thumb:
 
monstrousmac said:
It is a must in Iceland, I was stationed there for 3 years and did not install mine, bad on me. I hit a hole and locked the motor. Luckily no damage. Pulled spark plugs, cranked motor and flushed out the water and it started back up. Most of the roads in Iceland have water crossings and the water level rises and lowers depending on temperature and glacier run off. I was out with the Artic 4 wheel drive Icelandic Club, 32 vehicle in all when I got my stuck. I had the snorkel sitting in my garage but was too lazy to put it on.
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WJCO said:
Badass pictures for sure. :thumb:
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Agreed, but the water level still isn't high enough to REQUIRE a snorkel. from the looks in the pics, the BOTTOM of the airbox isnt even touching the surface of the water yet, and would be even further from the waters surface with a proper bow wake...

Water SPLASHING into your intake and Hydro-locking is NOT the same as SUBMERGING the intake. The first can be avoided by proper fording technique that is IMO, relatively intuitive. The second is the situation in which a snorkel is NECESSARY, and has yet to be seen. :thumb:
 
DWiggles said:
Agreed, but the water level still isn't high enough to REQUIRE a snorkel. from the looks in the pics, the BOTTOM of the airbox isnt even touching the surface of the water yet, and would be even further from the waters surface with a proper bow wake...

Water SPLASHING into your intake and Hydro-locking is NOT the same as SUBMERGING the intake. The first can be avoided by proper fording technique that is IMO, relatively intuitive. The second is the situation in which a snorkel is NECESSARY, and has yet to be seen. :thumb:
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This.......
 
Actually the front of my vehicle hit a dip in the riverbed as you can see the other jeep hit going around me. My hood was completely submerged almost to the windshield, but I had enough momentum that I moved forward enough to bring the nose up. A snorkel is mandatory almost in Iceland, and for the record I know how to navigate through water. Most Icelandics run 44 inch tires for a reason, but hey what do I know I only 4 wheeled in Iceland for 3 years with Icelandics and went to very remote parts of Iceland offroading.
 

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monstrousmac said:
A snorkel is mandatory almost in Iceland, and for the record I know how to navigate through water. Most Icelandics run 44 inch tires for a reason, but hey what do I know I only 4 wheeled in Iceland for 3 years with Icelandics and went to very remote parts of Iceland offroading.
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Thats 4 Iceland drops in 1 sentence. Well done.
 
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