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Jimbo:
Fitted my Safari snork to the 110 yesterday, all seemed to fit ok, and having read on here somewhere about testing it, gave it a try.

I think the post said to run the engine, and put your hand over the snorkel top (without the realt op bit on, just over the sticky up pipe), I did that, all the air pipe work (that runs behind the engine - Td5) moved, the air box moved, but the truck kept running - do I need to rev the engine a bit to get it to suck more air, or should it stall when the snorkel pipe is blocked ?

I thought that I could hear a bit of hissing from somewhere behind the engine, but what with the Td5 clatter and me not being able to lean in any further (as my left hand was on top of the snork !) I couldn't really tell.

My original plan was to silicone all the air pipe joints to seal them good and proper, but I was running short on time and needed to have things bolted on and water tight. Perhaps when I have more time (and before I go wading) I'll pull the whole thing off and seal it up.

extreme90:
no, it should stall it idle rpm, how ever i test mine at around 900rpm to see if it stalls, id rather spend the extra time sealing than rebuilding  :P

u need to remove all he pipe work and seal it
the usual leak place it the intake bit onto the wing that needs removing and the split on the elbow sealing, the water drain bunging up and then siliconing to the wing

basicaly, every joint you can see, split it and seal it
dan

Jimbo:
Dan,

Which intake bit by the wing ?

The snorkel has a moulded plastic pipe that connects to a (supplied in the kit) big thick rubber pipe (approx 10" long), that in turns joins to the existing pipework by a (again supplied) 3" long bit of 2" dia steel tube. Both of these joins have jubilee clips (supplied) on them.

What type of sealant would you advise - bathroom type silicone or something else ?

extreme90:
do you have a southdown snorkel ?
so the intake pipe of the snorkel goes direct to the air box

itll be the water dump valve on the airbox thats leaking
block it up with something

ive done away with a airbox full stop and got the intake pipe going direct to the turbo so i have no joins to worry about no pressure side
just the pressure side then  :roll:
dan

Jimbo:
Nah, got a Safari jobby. I know what you mean about the water drain/dump thing - I'll have a look later.

No airbox - does that mean no airfilter too  :shock:

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