Nissan snorkel
Submitted: Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 23:29
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beergutz
ARB fitter showed me a 5 mm gap in
snorkel assy where
snorkel comes through inner guard & joins air cleaner assy,he did push / shake air cleaner but not any worse than off road travell would do. fitter said is common problem with nissan snorkels .
my trayback is 10 days old & done 150 klm.
so i suggest anyone with a nissan
snorkel check it .
he is fitting on board air comp, uhf,reverse camera, trailer brake controler,anderson plug to rear,4 x 12 v plugs & 1 anderson to tray and dual battery system with momentary button,12 v plug in cab.
Reply By: Member - Bucky - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 04:37
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 04:37
Done that some 18 months back
Yes same shoddy workmanship.
Double sided tape came adrift..
The fix......SICAFLEX
Love that stuff
Removed Air cleaner, removed crappy tape, cleaned for what seamed 1 hr.
Out with the SICAFLEX, 2 thick beads around the air cleaner.
Re-bolted it to the inner guard.
Went into air cleaner box with heaps of "goop" on finger, and thickly smeared it around the inside of the join.
Waited 2 days.
Fired up the Poootrol, hand over
snorkel (with beak removed)
Stalled in 5 -10 seconds
Success..... Happy
Then did the
Canning Stock Route, and the
Kimberley
Cheers
Bucky
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Follow Up By: DesF - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 18:59
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 18:59
Hi Bucky, re Sicaflex , it is pretty rare down here in SA, could you please tell me which Sicaflex product that you use , I looked it up on the net and there are heaps of different products , a lot are 2 pack by the looks , I usually use Silastic 762 which does a good job , but always on the look out for a better product,
Thanks Cheers Des.
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Follow Up By: Member - Bucky - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 04:50
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 04:50
Des
I used 255 Extra
Normally associated with windscreens, but hey the area I needed to use it on was flexable as.
May not be technically correct but it sticks like "schyte to a blanket"
Cheers
Bucky
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Follow Up By: DesF - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:47
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:47
Thanks for that info Bucky, I will see if I can round some up,
Thanks again
Cheers Des.
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Reply By: BrownyGU - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:29
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:29
Yeah +1 for me, had my mechanic
check out my
Snorkel(Nissan) before big trip just to be sure and found shocking joins between guard and engine bay, his standard upgrade was to remove original section and modify with some 100mm (approx) hose.
Cheers..........Browny
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Reply By: Member - Angus E (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:34
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:34
A timely reminder. I have had this problem with 2 x GU Patrols. One local dealer wondered why I wanted the
snorkel it to be waterproof.
In January I decided to
check the newer 4.2 Patrol before heading off to do Balfour Track in NW Tasmania. Again, no seal, and the original foam between the air filter box and the guard. Piles of sikaflex and the job was done properly, and truck survived a few puddles. That
snorkel was fitted by a large dealer in the top half of
Sydney.
I am surprised the dealers don't take it a bit more seriously, or at least read the fitting instructions, to avoid being sued for drowned engines.
Angus
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Reply By: beergutz - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:47
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:47
thanks for the ideas on fixing the problem--- sikaflex is on the way !
cheers
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Follow Up By: member - mazcan - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:30
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:30
hi beergutz
when i installed my safari snorkle i wasn't confident that the seals were going to remain as sealsfor very long
so applied a good layer of roof and gutter silastic to all joints and had no problems that was 13 yrs ago and still ok
and if need be at some stage it can be got apart be simply sliding a razor knife through the joints
cheers
barry
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Reply By: Member - Matt L (WA) - Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:12
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:12
Toyota 79 series is the same from new very shoddy set up , you have to seal them at the joint on the mud guard . If you don't you will get water into the intake and that will cost big bucks , so anyone with a
snorkel check the complete intake system.
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Reply By: petesgq - Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:24
Monday, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:24
Stick with Safari
snorkel as it has standard intake fittting so you can fit differnt heads.
I have always fitted my own or my mates as you cant trusta dealership to do a good job.
I drill and repaint all holes to stop corrosion and all joints a connected with sicaflex urathane sealant.
Also if
snorkel runs along quater panel fill gap with sicaflex to stop
debris building up and eventual causing corrosion.
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