Problem fitting new snorkel

[Mark One]

I've done a search. However I can't seem to find anyone having trouble fitting the XR8 snorkel to a series one forté. It goes on easy enough, its just the bonnet won't close and I don't understand why, the only difference between it and the smaller one is the width of the throat. Any ideas?

[xr8 007]

what part of the snorkel is hitting the bonnet?

[Mark One]

I can't tell. I filed some off the lip on the bottom seeming that was getting marks on if. Also I can see where the rubber is going and it seems to be on the correct spot. Could it be at the back where it starts slopping down?

[The Monty]

Did you leave the screwdiver under there? Gets me all the time.

[Mark One]

Originally Posted by The Monty

Did you leave the screwdiver under there? Gets me all the time.

Sadly not.

[The Monty]

Ohh well, was worth a try. Every time Im under the bonnet, I cant get the bonnet to shut. Theres alway a screwdriver, Socket, something sitting in there not letting it close. I actually found a peice of quartz in there the other day, it was the size of a baseball. I have no idea how it got under there, or for how long its been under there. Weird.

[S3SR]

maybe check the rubber on the underside of the bonnet, where its curved for the snorkel....might help??

you didnt remove the airbox did you? maybe its not sitting down properly

[Mark One]

Didn't move the airbox. I used hair gel to find where it was touching, seems to only be on the rubber. It looks like for some reason the metal where the snorkel sits is propping the new snorkel up. So I'm thinking I may have to bend it with vice grips or something. Its never a straight swap! :P

[The Dok]

Make sure it sits perfectly within the indentation in the radiator support panel, I've heard on some snorkels you have to trim the lower section corners (where the screws sit) as they don't follow the profile exactly which causes the snorkel to "sit up".

[onfire]

Question, and sorry to highjack.. are there two different Tickford snorkels? Say a Xr6 one, and a Xr8 one.. or is there simply one?

[The Monty]

Just one.

[AU dude]

Its very odd that your snorkel doesnt fit. I had no problems fitting mine, i just screwed it in. Have you got any pics of it installed? I might be able to compare it to mine and see if there is any difference....

[Mark One]

I had to drive the car so the old snorkels in. I have butchered this new one a bit in my attempts to get it in. And yes it does seem to be sitting up as you say Dok. However it seems to be caused by the side closest to the engine where the snorkel sits.

[Bucknaked]

Have you got any pics. I wonder if it is the angle at which the snorkel joins the airbox?

[Mark One]

I'll get pics of it tomorrow. As a side note it set me back $30 from Keira Ford in Wollongong. From what I've read thats about as cheap as you can get one.

[NC1183]

Mine went straight in, the only thing with it, is that the screw holes are slightly to close together causing the bottom lip seems to bow up in the middle

[mik]

Originally Posted by The Dok

Make sure it sits perfectly within the indentation in the radiator support panel, I've heard on some snorkels you have to trim the lower section corners (where the screws sit) as they don't follow the profile exactly which causes the snorkel to "sit up".

dok might be on the trail i think, when i bought mine it had to trimmed to fit the indent properly.

[AU dude]

Originally Posted by Mark One

I'll get pics of it tomorrow. As a side note it set me back $30 from Keira Ford in Wollongong. From what I've read thats about as cheap as you can get one.

I assume thats brand new? and why so cheap?

[bodes-sh]

well i have an au1 forte, and mine went straight in, no problems...maybe try adjusting the bonnet stops? they may have been wound out a bit more at some stage

[Mark One]

Originally Posted by AU dude

I assume thats brand new? and why so cheap?

It is brand new. Isn't the RRP from ford $28.40 or something like that? Thats what I recall. Anyway it is a XR6T snorkel which is a AU XR8 one without the Tickford badge

P.S. And why the heck doesn't firefox know what Tickford is yet? I write it enough :P

[private9]

My BAXR6T one went on perfectly. If it doesn't line up, maybe you should ask for it to be swapped with another.

[Mark One]

Originally Posted by private9

My BAXR6T one went on perfectly. If it doesn't line up, maybe you should ask for it to be swapped with another.

Would they take it back after I attacked it with a file? :/

[au2sw]

not sure if anyone else has picked this up, but we started talking xr8 snorkle, but now we are talking xr6t....did i miss something? i picked up an xr8 tickford snorkel off an au and was straight swap on my s2 wagon.





i think it looks good with my little touch anyway
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[The Dok]

Originally Posted by au2sw

not sure if anyone else has picked this up, but we started talking xr8 snorkle, but now we are talking xr6t....did i miss something? i picked up an xr8 tickford snorkel off an au and was straight swap on my s2 wagon.
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Good point, if it is in fact an (BA) XR6T snorkel, that's why it would be sitting too high, the rad support on BA's is lower than AU's so it shouldn't fit.

[Mark One]

Originally Posted by The Dok

Good point, if it is in fact an (BA) XR6T snorkel, that's why it would be sitting too high, the rad support on BA's is lower than AU's so it shouldn't fit.

I thought they were the same thing...

[HLC]

Originally Posted by Mark One

I thought they were the same thing...

they aer the same thing.

my xr6t snorkel went straight in. i swapped it over when i was 5 minutes early for work once.

[The Dok]

Originally Posted by Mark One

I thought they were the same thing...

Not the rad support, way different, the BA dips down virtually from the guards, at a guess @10 cm lower in the centre, this will be the problem me thinks. :

[private9]

They are the same thing. I believe that the XR6T snorkel is even listed as the replacement part for the AUXR8 snorkel which is no longer produced.

[xr62nv]

does changing the snorkel to a slightly bigger one make any noticable difference as everyone seems to do it

[Mark One]

Originally Posted by The Dok

Not the rad support, way different, the BA dips down virtually from the guards, at a guess @10 cm lower in the centre, this will be the problem me thinks. :

Theres no where near that much difference between the two I have here. As in next to no difference.