hilux snorkel resonating

Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: sunshine coast

does anyone know how to stop a safari snorkel on a 2.8d hilux from resonating, other than adding a turbo. it vibrates the whole interior and roof and its getting bloody anoying.

cheers
steve

Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Manjimup, Western Australia

Mine does the same Crying or Very sad

It does tend to sh!t you.
I was thinking of somehow putting a resonating box on the air cleaner pipe (like what diesel landcruisers run). I dont know if it will make any difference though.
Im planning on putting a turbo on one day anyway.
So does fitting a turbo totally fix the resonating?
Smile

hehe that could be a good way for me to convince the wife that we need a turbo Smile

Paul.

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank, Qld

they should have supplied a disc with a hole in it, i got one with my 2.4d one, and works a treat

Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Manjimup, Western Australia

I didnt want to use the disc as it looks as if it would cut down the flow too much.
But I did try it and it didnt seem to make much of a difference so I tossed it.

Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: sunshine coast

i got mine second hand and it didnt have the big washer, but it made no difference on my brothers lux.

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank, Qld

well it did on mine, mine resinates now but that is because i had no loctite and a stud came out - so check the bolts, other than that i can't think of any thing else that could make any difference?

Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Location: sydney

Try making a rubber pad to go between A piler and snorkel mount.

Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Manjimup, Western Australia

I already tried making a soft rubber mount by the snorkle head.
When it didnt have much affect at all I tried a little experiment and had an assistant hold the head (not screwed down) away from the pillar and I still had the vibes! It resonates inside the snorkle body through the guard.

Anyway so Does a turbo eliminate the resonation???
I was thinking it would but who has a snorkle and has fitted a turbo kit? has it made a difference?

Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: sunshine coast

well i just bought a turbo kit so i will let ya know in a few weeks if it fixes it.
i have been told by safari that it will stop the snorkel resonating.

Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Location: Manjimup, Western Australia

So you bought a turbo kit just to stop the resonating huh? Smile

The extra power, torque and cool whistling sound are all just added extras. Smile

So what kit did you get?
And how much did it set you back?

Joined: 27 Oct 2002

check that the bolt on the pillar bracket are not otuching the piller, some of the hilux ones sit VERY close and when idling, (as 2.8s shake so much) it can viabrate a little!

Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: sunshine coast

i got a kit off a 2.4 surf, i got mine at mates rates but they retail for around $850, the only thing they dont come with is the air intake pipe.

Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Location: canberra

try soft mounting the A pillar screws to reduce the noise. That helps but best is a turbo-totally eliminates the noise.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 8:39 pm

ive heard that mounting the end of a ladies stocking in side the ram air fitment stops or helps the problem Very Happy

plus itll act as a catcher for big chunky insects too Very Happy

Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Location: Newcastle

I have a 2.4 Diesel and when I first fitted my snorkel the reverbaration drove me mad, so I tried several things first a pre filter up in the ram and it did stop it to a certain extent but then I found that the radio aerial was vibrating inside the guard sending noise up the snorkel, so I replaced it with a new one and it still had a rattle unless it was fully extended. So I hoiked that one and got a cheap rubber flexible aerial moved it away from the guard all together and that solved the problem. This worked for me anyway.
Rob