Snorkel on a '95 Disco? WHY? Dizzy can't hang!

[DiscoSux]

I just got my used Safari snorkel but did not install it yet. I went to Rausch Creek and, being as cool as I am, tried to take a big puddle with a bit of speed. Great splash, then blah... The truck died. Dried out the distributor cap and she was good but what can I do to seal that bitch up? Am I doomed to creeping though 2 foot puddles, nothing deeper?

:banghead:

 

[Jake1996D1]

the key is a solid bow wave just pretend your rover is a boat

 

[DiscoSux]

the key is a solid bow wave just pretend your rover is a boat

GFY :rofl:

You can haul me up a mountain when my truck quits (like I had to do with Brian's giant green turd when his water pump seized!).

 

[Jake1996D1]

lol my truck would likely overheat

 

[Hammertime]

Thats one reason i like EFI. Everyone goes on and on about electronics. I have been wheel rovers for going on 4 years now and yet to see a EFI have problems. I have helped many a dizzie get dried out . After every offroad trip I raise the hood and just hose the crap out of it and have never had a hick up. could not do that with a dizzie.

 

[roverover]

Poseur Get a can of dielectric grease and have at it

 

[DiscoSux]

Thats one reason i like EFI. Everyone goes on and on about electronics. I have been wheel rovers for going on 4 years now and yet to see a EFI have problems. I have helped many a dizzie get dried out . After every offroad trip I raise the hood and just hose the crap out of it and have never had a hick up. could not do that with a dizzie.

I heard you around the camp fire that night D. Looking for help now that I own this truck with a dizzy.

 

[DiscoSux]

Poseur Get a can of dielectric grease and have at it

Will it get my hands dirty?

 

[msggunny]

Dead dizzy is better than hydrolocking your engine.....

 

[apg]

Dried out the distributor cap and she was good but what can I do to seal that bitch up? Am I doomed to creeping though 2 foot puddles, nothing deeper?

Cheap hairspray. Spray everything electric with it. Cheap brands of hairspray are basically lacquer. There are several, more expensive automotive products on the market, but it's all just spray lacquer, which will seal up and repel water - sort of.

Cheers

 

[DiscoSux]

Dead dizzy is better than hydrolocking your engine.....

True that. I was thinking of avoiding deep water all together.

 

[DiscoSux]

Cheap hairspray. Spray everything electric with it. Cheap brands of hairspray are basically lacquer. There are several, more expensive automotive products on the market, but it's all just spray lacquer, which will seal up and repel water - sort of.

Cheers

Thanks for the tip! :bigok:

 

[robot808]

Cheap hairspray. Spray everything electric with it. Cheap brands of hairspray are basically lacquer. There are several, more expensive automotive products on the market, but it's all just spray lacquer, which will seal up and repel water - sort of.

Cheers

Do we like this idea for the 96 ECU's?

 

[Bosbefok]

My father kept vaseline and condoms in his '68 series to "waterproof some electric parts" when he has to cross water. I believed him then.

 

[rrc.swb]

My father kept vaseline and condoms in his '68 series to "waterproof some electric parts" when he has to cross water. I believed him then.

Clever man

Now that you are a bit older... those are not for waterproof the truck. :rofl: They were meant for riding... but not a truck.


Back to topic. The snorkel will not covert your truck into a submarine... you are not running a diesel. They are meant to get cleaner air from a higher location... rather than all the dust from the front. If you want to go deeper that 24", get a boat.

 

[crown14]

My 95 has a snorkel and never dies in water??

 

[barnass]

I'm a fan of black silicone. Start at the top and work your way down and seal every place water could get in on your snorkel. I would leave a section by your airbox where you could disassemble it - a couple hose clamps and a rubber coupling.

I've heard of guys putting silicone around the distributor cap to keep water out. It makes servicing a bit harder but...everything has its trade offs.

 

[robertf]

Thats one reason i like EFI. Everyone goes on and on about electronics. I have been wheel rovers for going on 4 years now and yet to see a EFI have problems. I have helped many a dizzie get dried out . After every offroad trip I raise the hood and just hose the crap out of it and have never had a hick up. could not do that with a dizzie.

distributors and efi are not mutually exclusive things, his disco has fuel injection.


The MSD distributor seems to be water proof, I've seen a waterline on it before.

 

[cosmic88]

I've usually had good luck with a bead of dielectric grease around the bottom edge of the cap... not smeared around the outside but lift cap, run 1/8" bead around base and replace cap.

 

[apg]

Do we like this idea for the 96 ECU's?

It's not so much the ECU as it is the connector to the ECU. A schmear of dielectric grease or lacquer will work here, as will WD-40 after the fact. Remember WD stands for wire- or water-drying, its original purpose.

Cheers