I have a cone filter and blact thru some pretty deep puddles and my filter gets a little wet from time to time but it never reaches the throttle body

 

hmm I never really thought about the alternator, always thought that they could take alot of abuse b/c I've never had a problem with them but thats a good question.. I'll have to head outside during lunch of something to pop the hood haha..

It's funny to work at an executive park and pop your hood on a muddy *** cherokee at lunch time while people all around you have benz's and BMWs.

By the way, thanks for the comment about my 01 haha..I love it!

Not a bad lookin 91 you got there either!

 

the alternator is fine in water, but throw mud and **** in that water and it wont be as fine.

 

I went and biught everything to make a cowl snorkel today. There is a thread on it called My attempt at a cowl snorkel on Jeepforum.com Check it out , its awsome. Thats how Im doing mine. And it only cost me $14 for the whole thing . I blew my motor once going in a puddle and wont do it again.

 

unless you are headlights deep in water you don't need a snorkle.
I've been in water over the headlights several times (water comming over the hood, and running in around the transmission tunnel), and, if you maintain a proper bow wake you'll be fine even then... however if you are headlights deep (or deeper) as part of frequent trail rides, you may want to consider a real snorkle, and proper waterproofing of fuse box's/vent lines/lamps etc.

 

mate if ya playing in water , get a snorkel, peace of mind when out playing...one of the 1st things i put on mine... some of those mud puddles can be deep...i have my facing forward , no worries, as has been said the hats can be moved around.....

 

I blew my motor and it was well under the lights. Rods went right through the oil pan. Water half way up the bumper. So I think Ill do the snorkel for cowl for $14 . Its alot cheaper than $2500 like the last time I didnt have one. Apparently Im not as lucky as you.

 

If you have a snorkel, the classic thing to do is point the air horn back wards. Your forward motion plus the mass of the water drops will keep them out of the air tube. As mentioned, the design of the stock air box just naturally sucks water into it. Almost anything else you do will take care of it.

If you are going to go through water ***** to the wall, which I don't recommend anyway, then the thing to do is to start putting conveyer belting between the frame and engine to deflect water out of the engine compartment. But be sure to vent the hood significantly so it will cool.

 

Thinking of getting/building a snorkel.. I want opinion's and ideas. Just to see if making your own is easier or if buying and installing? Thanks!!

 

I love my cowl snorkel clean and cant even tell i have one

 

X2!!!!! I hydrolocked my **** YESTERDAY and it wasnt over the headlights. I got no idea how that dude got so lucky. Its a BAD Idea

 

Well stated, (in my opinion)

I see plenty of posts where they got too much mud.

Anyway, it think it was mentioned above. Their's a pretty sweet way to run ABS pipe from the TB, right back into the cowl beside the brake booster. I just saw a pic, but it looked pretty slick. No Idea what sort of filter he had.

Got me thinking...it might be handy (4 me), to have a "chimney" "kit" to rig up just to forge deep water. But now I'm out of a flood zone.

Btw, an old trick...remove the fan belt to keep from throwing water everywhere.