All 86 an up Vanagons "(that I have seen)" have the
snorkle tube. The syncro, for some reason, has the tube
with insulation around it.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Mark Mages wrote:

> As I was driving through the foot deep water that is
> all too common in Houston at this time of year, I was
> wondering if anyone has hooked up a snorkle system to
> their vanagon.  I have seen them on a lot of 4
> wheelers, but really don't know what goes into it.  It
> seems like it'd be pretty easy to run a hose up the
> side of the van & have an intake in one of the upper
> rear vents.
>
> Would you need to set up something for exhaust too?
> would a submerged exhaust system cause a back up of
> exhaust pressure & damage anything?
>
> How hard would it be to make the rest of the system
> watertight enough to run through a short submersion?
>
> just kicking ideas around in my head...
> :)
>
> ===
> Mark
>
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