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Hi I have a snorkle on my toyota 3b non turbo and it roars quite badly and am wondering if a) is normal and b) if fitting one to my turboed motor will do the same I would presume the turbo eliminates blowback from the engine but if the also roar I would rather build a custom one for the passenger side so I do not need to listen to it (tend to prefer to drive with window open) any opinions?

My 3B does it too, try one of them snorkel filter thingys that UNi make, a bit like a sock, that quietens it down a bit too. My snorkel is stainless steel, so I dunno if that makes a difference to plastic or not.

do you think or know if ones fitted to 13bt's do it? I was wondering cause I while thrashing around in the bush it is fine but while on the 250km trip to and from it starts to drive me mad so don't want a drivers side snorkle if it will be that loud?

I have a 13BT with snorkel and have never noticed any noise from it. I do have it turned over the windscreen but the only noise that has frustrated me is my mounting screws loose which I finally got around to fixing the other day - no 'roar' at all - didn't even notice snorkels made noises!

thanks for that fweddy, yes non turbo'd ones do roar, darn loud too

yep my 3l non turbo gets louder the harder i stomp on the loud pedal my turbo 2l did as well but not as bad .......turn the stereo up more

That must be a diesel thing coz my truck dosent do it?

Sadam_Husain wrote:That must be a diesel thing coz my truck dosent do it?

yeah it does oh wait thats the 8 cylinders lighting up and you cant hear squat when they go............

yes diesel thing if a gaser blow that much back through the inlet I'd be scared to start it. main question is weither turbo models are as bad. looked at a turbo'd bighorn and could only here a slight sound. just don't want next to my ear any more...

on my turbo cruiser i notice a roar with the hat opening pointing backward.... but hardly hear it at all when its pointing forward or turned into the windsrceen. i enjoy listening to the intake roar and the hum hum hum of 35 inch simexs thou

If my memory serves me right the Safari kit comes with a foam filter plug to be used with non turbo application.

WHAT MEMORY,

FITZY.

Check out this link
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1548&p=11641&hilit=snorkel#p11641

Part of quote from above link
"N.B. I found through testing that you need to have all of the plastic inlet tract from the filter housing to the engine side of the inner guard as part of the system. This device significantly reduces the induction noise that you hear at your right ear!"

The extra reservoirs around the outside of the filter housing make a huge change in quieting the induction noise. This is on a turbo-ed 1KZ-TE Prado.
I find I don't here the induction noise at all.

Hi on my cruiser 1hdt it whistles from the turbo and you can hear the induction also but i have a uni filter..

My 87 dcab hilux's snorkel roars. and so does my old mans 2003 hilux.
Like the person said up further on this page turn up the radio and be happy
its not other nosies eg diff gear box

Ive never noticed a "roar" on my hilux (3ltr Turbo Diesel).When outside can here a very mild sucking type noise but nothing annoying at all & have never noticed it inside

I must be crazy, cos I love the whistle the turbo makes when the engine is at full torque, also, I find that when it IS making that noise, it is running at it's most efficient. better than a gofaster's big red CHANGENOW light!

I also love it ..I just have to do my exhaust to get the whistle at both ends

rayndeb wrote:I also love it ..I just have to do my exhaust to get the whistle at both ends

That is as easy as, mate, find the South African ref who officiated at the Hurricanes game last w/e, he has an organic whistle fitted into his neck, every time he breathed out, the bloody thing chirruped

I have no issue with the lovely sound my Turbo makes when reving the nuts out of my beast it is weather or not I will be able to hear it over the induction noise coming from the snorkle... Not that I think that it will be an issue as I have found some one to make me a custom made Stainless one for the left hand side. good price too