Every time I watch your videos, I feel like jumping in my Land Rover here in Lancashire, UK and driving over to you guys for coffee, cake and chats... You just seem like lovely people to sit and shoot the breeze with. 🙂

I absolutely love the humour on this channel. The only thing that I have seemed to have learnt from watching 4x4 and overlander channels is that a raised air intake is not a snorkel but a snorkel is a water-proofed raised air intake.

I’ve got a snorkel in my D4 in Australia. In the lockdown it’s main use was as a place for spiders to weave their web. Great video. I might just turn the Inlet the other way after seeing this.

Your English is great. There are a lot of jobs that I would now attempt because of how clearly you explain things.

I worked for a German company for a few years and I can say that your English is pretty good. I don't have a snorkel on my D4 mainly because they look ugly but also because I do not intend to take my D4 through any deep water crossings. The snorkel would help reduce the amount of sand and dust enetering the filter box but I carry a few extra filters on long outback trips and just check the filter once a week or so. BTW I am not a fan of the K&N filters and believe the original paper filter does a much better job of delivering clean air at a consistent flow rate to the engine.

Thanks for another entertaining video, your English is perfect and far better than most of us speak in the UK.

Another Sunday morning made bearable with this video 😀

“Ramming isn’t good, it might even hurt” lol🤣🤣🤣🤣, I actually nearly chocked on my coffee😆

Christian and Vera fantastic entertainment and always looking forward to seeing your video’s every weekend )))😊🇬🇧❤️

You guys have some of the best english, its part of what makes it fun

Geez I wish I had your channel about 3 years ago when I sold my Disco 3 V8, I loved that car but I didn’t have the confidence to repair it myself but see you at work would have made the difference. Great channel love the conversation between you and Vera. 😀😀😀

Hugh here from Melbourne Australia..Love your videos as i do most maintenance on my 2006 Disco 3 . TDV6. I am going to turn my SAFARI (haha) snorkel to face rearwards & see how she goes. I bought my Disco in 2019 & it had done 200,000km & i think plenty of towing throughout Northern Queensland in the hot & dusty areas you mentioned . I bought it because the poor Chinese lady who brought it down to Melbourne (2nd owner) had spent over $17,000 in repairs & gave up. It was my 4th Discovery & I took the plunge so to speak. It has been ok so far at 250,000 the main problem was the air suspension & given my needs I elected to import from UK coil suspension & fit it myself at a cost of $1800 compared with Dealer $3800 repair to replace compressor & control unit. Drives nicely but not as nice as the air system. Only real disadvantage is that the Tow Capacity is reduced. I have just serviced the Auto transmission &now looking at replacing the Right Front drive shaft seal & boots. Have watched your video to give me courage to do this. After that may be attack the oil leak from up near the turbo.....the jury is still out on that one. My main hobby is NOT Disco 3. It is 1949 Standard Vanguard.....73 years old original running gear & still purrs like a kitten. Cheers & keep up the great work. I enjoy it immensley.

My vehicle has had its snorkel on for 12 years now (also a Safari copy, but a slightly better looking one I believe). The previous owner ran it with the snorkel head backwards, for mostly the same reasons as you present, but I keep it facing the front because it looks better IMO :)) Anyway, you must be right since the original LR (Mantec) snorkel also points backwards. Anyway, you made me curious, and I will do the fuel consumption experiment as well with the snorkel pointing in both directions, and I'll report back. Cheers!

My Comments! 1st. The Snorkel helps massively to keep your air filter clean when you driving in Dust behind another car (i.E. in my Case Marokko) 2nd. I have been told by Engineers for Engines (BMW, based I live in Munich) never to use a K&N Airfilter when I like to have a reliable car (Racing - different topic). They do not clean the air enough and the result will be to have a ruined engine when the dust reaches the cylinder.

Interestingly, the raised air intake on my Grenadier faces backwards as standard. I think you have proved the point!! Love your channel - greetings from UK

Certainly both of you have very good English. Eminently suitable for KZfaq. After all watching American KZfaq presenters mangle what they term as "English" your European English is almost faultless Christian and Vera!

I've fitted a cyclone filter to the top of the snorkel on my D4, you would be amazed at how much dirt that it collects, this keeps the panel filter cleaner ( means less washing).

Hello Vera and Christian, I have my snorkel backwards as well and basically for the same reasons. I still don't understand why people have the snorkel looking forward as when you are driving off road or overlanding on dirt roads all the dirt goes directly to the snorkel. Also as you pointed out water goes directly into the snorkel when driving in the rain. Another great video, and I totally agree 👍 with you guys again. Thank you again and stay safe.

My D3 had a factory snorkel and I always thought it looked like it was “backwards”however the air filter box was always relatively clean now it all makes sense. Shows the OEM do know what they on about, i was getting very good l/km even when off reading in dusty Australian roads.

Love the videos - don’t listen to anyone who says your English is bad, it’s superb 👍

No se en tiempo que hace desde que se pueden traducir los videos , la verdad que mi inglés es muy básico y sufría cada vez que explicabas algo y no me entera.Igualmente los veo , porque sois los mejores en estos vehículos, un abrazo y gracias.Vera , los videos sin ti no serian lo mismo .Un abrazo desde España.

Your videos are meditation for me.

Fantastic video. Very entertaining!

Brilliant video!! Firstly, your English is great, as long as you don't "screw up", "oh my God"!! It's interesting your use of a K&N filter vers. a standard paper element. K&N filters definitely flow more air, but is this required? Even if the roads are vacuum'd in Germany, they do let through more fine dust, but how significant this is, I don't know. Vera is right, as always, the snorkel looks good, but the fuel consumption figures are interesting - shows the importance of engine mapping - facing forward versus facing back. I'm surprised an aftermarket map was not supplied with the snorkel, and the K&N will exaggerate the problem... Fun video as always.

Beautiful hike location. Sure worth the walk.

The best thing at the end of a hike is to sit on your tailgate and brew a nice fresh cup of tea or coffee! Nice video you guys!

Hallo, Hollander hier! Ich glaube nicht wie Sie English is super bad. hahaha., Thanks for the video! Doing a "raised air intake" on m LR3 soon, (250 k km italian import with the proper gear box; Automatic) your channel saved me upwards of 2000 euro so far. So big thanks from E-Europe!

I'm English, living in Australia. Your English is very good!

I’m going definitely going to give this a go!

Great content, Christian & Vera . Great way to relax watching you give the discoverys some TLC . I've got a mitshubishi pajero sport , so like the Toyota people, there is really not much to do on it , other than wash it and take the larger stones out the tyres grooves after off roading

Great video again 👍👍such beautiful scenery 👍

“Mall crawler…” I love it!

I bought a snorkel for ours over a year ago, but it is still sitting in the shed. Apart from water crossings, I really don't see us needing to install it. I have had water right up to the side intake and nearly had it go under, so there is a practical use. I keep thinking about a temporary flexy snorkel for the super rare times we may need one. Thanks for another great video.

Thanks for video 👍👍👍.

These are very interesting and fun !

Nothing sounds better than English with a German accent. Wonderful videos and love to hear your English!

Great to see yous as always

Yayyyy! LR Time! Sunday is complete!

Very interesting and entertaining like always.

Your English is very good. In fact, it is far better than my German 😂. Keep up with the great content. Tx

Coming from an American - I think that your English is great. Interesting information about fuel consumption with forward facing vs rearward facing.

I really enjoyed this one. Although, to be honest I enjoy all your videos. But this one was extra good

I haven’t turned mine backwards. Here in the US It’s almost like a “fashion faux pas” to turn it backwards on a rig. I’ve seen some people switching to cyclone style tops and those help with debris and other things. Great video!

Thank you.

wonderful video!

These guys are great, I have just bought a Discovery 4, best drive I have ever experienced, and I have had two Toyotas 😂 as well as Bmw’s, keep up the great work guys your passion is infectious, I am getting a snorkel because we live in the uk and that’s not too far from Australia 😅

I think your English is very good! I enjoy the channel, watching from USA SC. Drive an LR4 & BMW 335.

Nothing wrong with your English, Vera and Christian, it's 100 percent better than my German.

I have always wondered about which way the snorkel should be and about what happens if water gets in and as always you have answered all the questions love your channel thank you and you always go into things in such detail which is really great

Your English is fantastic, subscribed :)

I would of bet on the ram air way being better all round, power and efficiency wise, thanks for the info. Your english is good enough, better than my german!

Great video guy’s I was told that k&n air filters could cause premature failure of the mass air flow sensor,because of the oily vapour getting onto the sensor.thanks Simon

Absolutely love your humour! I will do a test on my 200 series Land Cruiser v8 twin turbo diesel which lives in Australia and doesn't need a tool box on board lol!!

Another interesting video, my Discovery G4 has the Mantec (LR) raised air intake and I often wondered why it can only face the rear, the fuel consumption reduction would be a good reason. Love the additional content, great advert for exploring Germany.

Dear Christian and Vera your English is so good I didn't think you were German. Also, I think if you ever get the opportunity to visit Australia you would be most welcome. Oh, and don't worry about wild animals. General rule is don't walk off the tracks and don't go in the water. Love your videos.

Facing rearwards is for exceptionally dusty conditions, and also prevents water ingress. If the system is properly sealed you can cross deeper water, it is also a good idea to have a raised exhaust.

At minute 15.00 I have to say that your English is very good for a German of course there is the accent but we all have an accent. I am English and I can understand you both very well, no need to waste your time and money on English lessons!

Very interesting and very entertaining as always. Vera - I hope you received a fulsome apology regarding the extra fuel consumption because your engineer hadn't followed your original recommendation to face the snorkel backwards!

140km/h and 11liter thats amazing fuel consumption for this rig , for my vw touareg with vr6 thats only a dream :))))) great video!

Your English much nicer than the most native speakers🤗

Love from Australia.

It is often called a Shnorkel with the emphasis on Shhhh (terrible English I know) where I live in Oz, but us Aussies are renowned for making up our own versions of names of things...silly really, but that's how we tend to roll down under! It's a word that we find somewhat amusing for some reason, hence the need to make up our version of the name when we pronounce it. Nice job by the way. Looks great.I cannot say I have ever seen one facing backwards in Oz so far, but what you say makes perfect technical sense. Many get them to just to make the vehicle look better, yet the vehicle may be a garage Queen. lol I agree though it does make it look good and that's all that matters!

Hello, thanks for your interesting tutorial about snorkels. 👍 I live in the Netherlands, the country next to Germany. 😁 Yes, I found out that a snorkel can be helpful in Europe. I own 2 Pajeros, and used them also for my hunting- hobby. After one tour through a hunting-field with very high grass, the whole air-filter was full of seeds and other particles. After mounting a snorkel , I did not have that problem again. Airfilters stay much cleaner. My Pajero L040 diesel, has a safari snorkel, and I have the top facing to the back of the car. On my Pajero V20, 3500 petrol, I have mounted a TJM snorkel, of which the top only can face forward.☹ After a few journeys over the highway, the air-filter was full of insects and other debris. Because I could not turn the top backwards, I decided to install a piece of pantyhose (!) over the opening, and hold it inplace with rubber bands that I have cut from an motorcycle innertube. Works fine, no more insects in the filter. How it influences the fuel consumption, I do not know. The Pajero I diesel consumes about 11 liters on 100 km. The Pajero II petrol comsumes 13-14 liters pro 100 km. I did not buy a 4x4 car for low fuel costs.....😉 Grüsse aus der Niederlande 🙋‍♂️

Used to run my Safari snorkel the way you showed facing back. My next snorkel will have a Donaldson pre cleaner on my Defender. But i have more important upgrades to do first.

Love you English just as it is!

Great stuff lol German precision learned alot

Little turn from back to outside of snorkel cap (+15-20 degree) is reduce air intake temperature up to 5 C at 80+ kmh speed. It is due to air decompression due to acceleration flow from the windshield. Tested with thermocouple. It is important that such turn also avoid partially ejection effect and air pressure drop

Absolutely hilarious and more than a bit true. I am currently saving to purchase an expensive snorkel for my 2017 (2) door Jeep Wrangler. (poor man’s LR) I’ve told my wife it will prolong the life of the engine from dust. I’m telling you this in extreme confidence. Please don’t tell her it’s only to look cool. (We really do have dust here in the U.S.) 😉

I have a D1 and a D2, and I have the snorkel intake facing backwards on both. When we travel in convoy the amount of dust is nuts. I have snorkels because I have had water over the bonnet many times. Good sealing of the airbox is obviously vital.

Hi Vera and Christian, sorry for giving again a comment but as a typical german "Klug.....ßer" I cant avoid it :-) . First your English is really good, especially because its better than mine! Second, you are right, the ram effect or "Staudruck" of your snorkel will not increase the efficiency of your turbo pressure mensurable. But what I experienced on my TD5 with a VTG Turbo and a big 80mm diameter snorkel is that this tube creates a significant pressure drop. This was so extreme that the compressor began to be extremely noisy like getting into a resonance, because it couldnt get the air it needed. Especially with an agressive fuel map. I measured the pressure drop with a professional tool at the entrance of the snorkel and the outlet, and it was huge. In spite of having the biggest diameter of 80 mm for this 2.5 l Diesel, which was wider than the original tubes in the system. The only way to get it fixed was to drill a second air intake in the filter housing. What I want to say at the end of the day is that anything you put before your original air intake has to be seen as a resistance for the compressor and is not good. It will not be important at lower loads, but at higher loads and rpm, it will reduce the efficiency and pressure of the compressor. The only positive of the snorkel is that, when you have heavy rain on the motorway, the trucks you are passing on the left side are not throwing the water into your air intake. This was a typical Defender problem having the same type of air intake on the right side. Resulting in wet air filters. Best Regards Michael

Hello from Australia🤟🇦🇺 You two are such good value. I have a snorkel on my 93 Pajero 2.8TDi, and I don't need it for water crossings here in Aus either. I've only tried once going through water as high as the bottom of the doors and I got stuck, spinning my bald rear tyres, then I had to call my friend with a Landrover 90 TD5 to winch me out😂 I also never go 'bush' or off road 4wd-ing and it's never very dusty in the suburbs of Perth where I live, so another good reason I don't need a snorkel. I just put it on to look cool too.🤣👍🇦🇺

Unbelievable 26 minutes for an explanation on a snorkel, on my discovery I oriented it to the rear, the only thing that happened was when I was off-roading, one time I opened the passenger window and every time I put the gas on I felt like there was a ball bearing noise, at first I thought it was the front wheel bearing that was screwed. Then I realized that it was the air intake! 🖐️😁 😁 😁

Super Awesome

I am an experienced TEFL teacher and I would be happy if my students spoke English with fluency you both do.

I live in Finland, and my reasoning for having a snorkel is I went on a trip to Denmark a few years ago, and crossed a stream on a beach that turned out to be surprisingly deep, like up to the bonnet deep while going down into it. Didn't have one, and my air filter got wet. Since then I haven't crossed any other streams, but hey you never know. At least I have a story to tell when people wonder what particular river I'm planning on crossing with my snorkel. My disco 2 has the snorkel facing forwards, because it looks cool, and my 4x4 sprinter has it facing backwards, because it sounds cool (and also to not get it clogged with snow in winter). Now I'm thinking I should turn the D2's head backwards as well.

The reason you fit a snorkel for water crossings is; afterwards when you are replacing all of those damaged modules; and corroded connectors, at least your engine won't be Hydro locked.

Your English is perfectly fine...i wish my German was as bad!!

Gonna try it on my TD5 Defender 🤪

One main reason for turning the snorkel (raised air intake) to the rear of the car is that on very "dusty" dirt roads (not found in Germany) and you are in a convoy of cars (or one car) throwing up lots of dust, by having the intake rear facing, you collect less dust.

yet another great video, please tell your german/English speaking critic, hes talking out of his arse ! after having our d2 destroyed by a tree in the last storm we had in the uk, which left both me & my fiancee pretty much emotionally shock up, by the lose of it, we've started looking for a maul crawler of our own. keep up the great work you're doing.

15:15 That's hilarious. I'm an Aussie. You two speak better English than half the people I know.

Kevin Barry, have always thought that an exhaust pipe snorkel would be more beneficial, if my memory is correct John Blashford -Snell had one on his Range Rover in 1971 when his army team crossed the Darien Gap. It’s just coming up fifty years ago since they completed that task so this topic on LR Time is very topical.

Hi Christian & Vera, no apologies required. I've got a cheap $120 Chinese snorkel fitted that lasts now for over 11 years. The Safari's for $700 are a rip-off. And yes, we carry a toolbox in our WhatsCruiser, but I've never used it. It's just for the case that we have to help out some Disco drivers, but they've usually heaps of tools and spares with them anyway. Apart from this, great topic today. We have the same discussion here. Inlet to the front or rear. We are front drivers but the WhatsCruiser has the famous 4.5L inline 6 NA Petrol engine (1FZ-FE), different application. Yes, and we drive sometimes through deeper water. It's a proper water crossing when the water flushes over your bonnet and the front of your car starts slightly to float, what feels weired.

I would have sprayed the K&N oil on the "dirty" side of the filter, so that there's less chance of any oil getting onto the MAF sensor wires, which will cause false readings and mess up the ECU ability to fuel the engine correctly. Greetings from a Toyota owner from Australia. :-)

The main reason for the backwards facing snorkel top in 🇬🇧 is when off roading, the overhanging branches like grabbing and pulling off🤭 the forward facing top! If you have to keep fixing it on the same track it gets old real quick!🤬 hence turning it backwards. It's not a fashion choice like a backwards baseball cap. But for a snorkel top I'm a fan of the cyclone pre filter. It's amazing how much shit it catches before your main filter.

Your English is better than mine and I am English 🇬🇧👍

Your English is nearly as good as mine, and I was born in England and raised in Yorkshire! I know plenty of English people (usually the younger generations, but not exclusively so) who's command of the English language is far inferior to your own, worry not.

If the intake is down low at ground level, the chances of picking up lose change is vastly improved.

After watching this video I thought I would compare the two ways on my holiday trip. I drove from Northumberland to Cornwall and back. A round trip of 940 miles, (1,5112km) trying to keep to 70mph, (112kph) where possible. We used 16.22gallons. The snorkel faced to the rear on the outward journey and returned 29.4mpg at an average speed of 44mph and faced the forward on the homeward leg, returning 27.16mpg at an average speed of 55mpg. We used 17.4 gallons. The induction sound when the snorkel was facing the rear was like a cement mixer. Not a nice noise. I was trying to drive consistently, not economically so these results may prove absolutely nothing.

I will never get a snorkel. It's a fad. Sort of like when people wore socks with sandals back in the early 90s. Thanks for another great video!

Another great video! And mates, your English is fantastic, every Sunday when I watch you the wife always comments how good your vocabulary is….. for Germans 😂🤣

Filters do block up quickly here in country Australia. In the city's it is no worse than anywhere else urban. Your English is fine, far better than my German that's for sure 🙃

Your English is better than most of your English speaking viewers, and your Cherman is way better.🤓🇩🇪

Another fascinating and entertaining video folks. For some balance, your English is very impressive and much appreciated.........and it is hugely better than my pathetic attempts at French or German when I travel! Oh the embarrassment lol :-) Danke sehr!

I have snorkel on my defender. Don't notice the induction noise above all the other noises. I have not smoke tested it so probably false piece of mind. Occasionally run 30+" depth. Amazing how deep you can go in LR even without snorkel. In a dip had it briefly flow on to the hood on my D2 no snorkel. My friend hydro locked his D1 TDI though so snorkel can come in handy. Needed an engine rebuild.

Perhaps you could use the word ‘fuel’ to cover all types of propellant rather than ‘gas’. Great vid as usual. 👍🏻🙏🦘

Very good video, as always; but the fact that the official Land Rover "raised air intake" for both the Discovery 3/4 and the new Defender both face backwards should have given you a clue. 😉 😘 Oh - and Vera's Engish is very good, though Christian does tend to speak "American" rather than "English" 😉 it's still very good - so don't listen to the person who said your English was bad. For non native English speakers your English is very good and better than most. 👍

What year were those rock structures built? So amazing. Love you guys.

Due to the loss of MPG with the snorkel how about fitting a larger inter cooler may offset MPG and should increase the power all the best Martin

I’ve ran my ram backwards facing because of branches on the greenlanes of the uk.