Hey all,
I just got myself a 1988 4runner v6. she runs good, but shes just my weekend trail truck. On one of my recent wheeling trips i went through some water to find out that it was much deeper then i expected. Much to my wife's dismay, i hydro-locked the engine -___- so my buddies and I spent the remainder of the afternoon and a good portion of the evening getting the engine to run once more. After that afternoon (and after some very obvious hinting from the wife), I realized that a snorkel was next on my to-do list. So i started my search for a good snorkel. If I were to buy one it would run me over $300. No bueno. So I started my search anew looking for some instruction on how to build my own. I found many people who have built a snorkel, but instruction on how to do so seems to be very limited.
I'm sure I could figure out how to do with the process of elimination, but i do have one big question. On top of my air filter box there is an aluminum sensor. The first time i was trying to recover from the hydro-lock the engine wouldn't start. I was about to give up so i started putting the intake system back together. My buddy was cranking it over one last time and as soon as i connected the air box to the intake manifold it fired right up.
What is this thing on top of my air box? Why wouldn't it let the engine start until it was connected to the manifold? Is there any way i can by-pass this?
Thanks everyone.:cheers:
I just got myself a 1988 4runner v6. she runs good, but shes just my weekend trail truck. On one of my recent wheeling trips i went through some water to find out that it was much deeper then i expected. Much to my wife's dismay, i hydro-locked the engine -___- so my buddies and I spent the remainder of the afternoon and a good portion of the evening getting the engine to run once more. After that afternoon (and after some very obvious hinting from the wife), I realized that a snorkel was next on my to-do list. So i started my search for a good snorkel. If I were to buy one it would run me over $300. No bueno. So I started my search anew looking for some instruction on how to build my own. I found many people who have built a snorkel, but instruction on how to do so seems to be very limited.
I'm sure I could figure out how to do with the process of elimination, but i do have one big question. On top of my air filter box there is an aluminum sensor. The first time i was trying to recover from the hydro-lock the engine wouldn't start. I was about to give up so i started putting the intake system back together. My buddy was cranking it over one last time and as soon as i connected the air box to the intake manifold it fired right up.
What is this thing on top of my air box? Why wouldn't it let the engine start until it was connected to the manifold? Is there any way i can by-pass this?
Thanks everyone.:cheers:
