In today’s video, I’m discussing why I don’t have a snorkel on my 2021 Toyota Landcruiser Prado GXL (Lexus GX460). I will put forward 5 reasons why I don’t have a snorkel in the hope that it will save some of my viewers from unnecessary costs and damage to their vehicles.
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Keywords: Toyota, Prado, Lexus, GX460, Landcruiser, truck, 4wd, overlanding, touring, supertourer.
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Snorkel Experience
0:53 Fundraiser (Black Dog Institute)
2:26 Reason 1: Aesthetics
3:07 Reason 2: Don’t Trust The Industry
4:24 Reason 3: No Guarantees
5:24 Reason 4: Voiding Warranties
6:59 Reason 5: Snorkels Are Too Cheap
9:00 Pressure From The Industry
10:30 When Do You Need A Snorkel?
13:16 Which Snorkel Should You Buy?
15:13 Conclusion
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Exactly the same "Philosophy" with you, life is too short, doing other things may be more interesting like helping other people.
Thanks for this nice video.
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Awesome, common sense video. There really is a lot of aftermarket BS opinion out there.
What a sensible young man you are!
You drove off road ,behind convoys and big trucks and not a single rock chip on your front !!! magic!!,o yeah I drove trough floridas few hurricane if you know what that is?with snorkel and my engine didn’t size !,,magic !!,
Well received and much needed discussion. Lets face it, the name 'snorkel' is a bit of a misnomer anyway, because if you make a habit of going into water with a vehicle in this class too often you are probably going to be facing other problems anyway-and even if you claim you were in sub 700mm depth, you will not be able to convince Toyota on a warranty claim. That aside, you make good points and some debatable ones. Traffic road dust consists of a whole range of particles sizes. The lights ones stay up longer than the heavy ones and the heavy ones are easier to catch. There is little doubt that there is less dust in the air 1.8m above the ground that at 1m because much of the heavy stuff is on its way down. And the longer path that a snorkel intake provides more time for particles to settle out. I recently removed the factory fitted snorkel on my 76 and found quite a lot of dust attached to the lower horizontal run before it enters the airbox-so it does work. What snorkels definitely do is add weight, degrade the coefficient of drag and increase the noise level. The 76 factory fitted Toyota one most certainly does not provide a waterproof fitting. I have not put one on my 150. If I have a problem, its dust-and if I get too much of that, I change the air filter.
Hi Mark , I did trips in my 2021 Prado with and without a snorkle. I also have fitted a Unifilter foam air filter. My first trip, with no snorkle, Brisbane, Birdsville, Lawn Hill, Burketown, Normanton, Innisfail, gave me a very dusty filter which I could clean and reuse. My next trip, with a snorkle, Brisbane, Birdsville, Mungerannie, Flinders Ranges, Port Lincoln, Brisbane, showed only a minimal amount of dust in the filter. A big difference. I have photos. The Prado air intake is from under the RH guard, not at the front. I don't intend to do deep water crossings.
My prado 90 series (1kz-te) is my very first 4×4 and also my baby. I couldn't see myself river crossing for fun any time soon, you just helped me make up my mind as I was literally just about to buy one and got to your video looking up "how to install a snorkel" lol.
My partner and myself both have bull bars as we live remote, roos/ cattle are regularly on the road and I have installed light bars to actually see more then 2 feet infront of the car but I was uming and aring over a snorkel just incase our river floods again and covers the only road out. As the SES always say "Do not attempt river crossing in flood waters" and now with your input I've come to realise I wouldn't even use the snorkel unless I was not ment to use it, and would of endangered mine and my families lives trying.
Thanks mate, alot of great knowledge shared, I really learnt something.
4 months after this video you got a new hilux and choose to add a snorkel? What was the reasoning?
Your new car warranty will anyway not cover water damage. Nobody will guarantee you that your car will be water proof just by installing a snorkel. By installing one you are just reducing the risk of water damage not completely eliminating. Having a snorkel if your doing water crossings going to definitely give you some insurance rather than having nothing at all