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Mate of mine has a D4D also and we had them kitted out at different ARB stores. Why do you care...We both had Safari snorkels fitted and his 3 factory holes in the air box were filled with silicone and mine were not. These holes are to the front of the air box on the engine side. Would be interesting to see who else has these holes open or not...
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
I blocked mine off.
There is a fourth one up high on the front of the box as well.
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
My holes are unblocked. ( Plenty of mueslie perhaps!
). I have an airtec but I figger apart from cosmetics, it's no different to the Safari. I don't see why you'd probably bother blocking the holes as there's the pre-spin just foreward of the box with a great big dirty hole with a half dodgy looking rubber valve which would let water in pretty quick if you decided to stand still in a big puddle.
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
That rubber thing is a one way value and works remarkably well while the rubber is in good condition and free of debri. While the engine sucks in air (thru the filterbox) the valve closes tightly. You can remove the rubber valve by a half turn twist to clean out the build up of crap. If this is not done regularly the value will probably not close properly and you would more than likely get leakage. Pity some of the 2nd battery trays stops you from doing this :roll:Originally posted by JamesC
The thing of most concern with adding a snorkel or raising the height of the front diff/gearbox breathers to prevent possible mechanical damage from stopping in a deep puddle is the problem of the engine bay fuse/relay box height and that most of the electronics are only about 1 cm above the height of the original front diff breather !! Most of the toyota electronic stuff is not water proof !!
I fitted a snorkel as it very effectively raise the air intake from front splashes but a number of other problems remain. As a deep water wader the prados still have a number of problems. The only way to solve them is increasing the overall vehicle height."Ooops I just deleted the internet, lucky I was able to recover 99.7% of it out of the bin" :lol:Comment
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
Hi all
I have a earleir model dsl and i have filled the 3 holes with silicone as i have done a few crossing and i was blown away by the amount of water that come in threw those 3 little holes and i didnt even stop in the water . So i got a safari Snorkel fitted filled the hoes up and havent looked back.Comment
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
Would anyone care to take a photo of these holes cause I am not sure I am looking in the right place as I cannot find any holes.Originally posted by D4DRoll on the 2010 Pradopoint GTG
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
Here's an article on site LCOOL site about the holes. Includes pictures:Would anyone care to take a photo of these holes cause I am not sure I am looking in the right place as I cannot find any holes.
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
The 4th hole is higher up and it is supposed to align with the purple spot on the actual filter.
It is on the front of the air box on your left as you are looking at it.Black 2008 D4D GX, Bolle tint, Airtec snorkel, Hayman Reese tow bar, Staun deflators, ARB Air, front & rear extended diff breathers, Milford cargo barrier, Poly Air, 2" lift, XGS suspension, road tyres - 265/65x17 Grandtreks, play tyres - 265/70x17 Wrangler MTR's, ARB Sahara Bar, TMax 9000 winch, custom winch panel, Uniden UHF, Garmin 76csx with RAM mount, Eee PC with OZI, triple IPF 900XS spotties, rear ARB diff locker, Brown Davis underbody protection, Darren McRAE Auto Craft Rock SlidersComment
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
Hey thanks guys for the links and pics, now I know where to look.Roll on the 2010 Pradopoint GTG
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
Mate, I think this forum is supposed to be a 'G' rating?Originally posted by pradogx3.0ltdBlack 2008 D4D GX, Bolle tint, Airtec snorkel, Hayman Reese tow bar, Staun deflators, ARB Air, front & rear extended diff breathers, Milford cargo barrier, Poly Air, 2" lift, XGS suspension, road tyres - 265/65x17 Grandtreks, play tyres - 265/70x17 Wrangler MTR's, ARB Sahara Bar, TMax 9000 winch, custom winch panel, Uniden UHF, Garmin 76csx with RAM mount, Eee PC with OZI, triple IPF 900XS spotties, rear ARB diff locker, Brown Davis underbody protection, Darren McRAE Auto Craft Rock SlidersComment
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Re: D4D Air Box Holes and Safari Snorkel
:lol: :lol: another classic typoOriginally posted by JamesC2005 TD GXL AutoComment
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