Snorkel an ABS XJ?

So Ive been thinking about adding a snorkel to my XJ (still undecided). However, I have a couple of things that are working against me: its a 98 (washer bottle is located in the driver side fender area) and it has ABS plumbing (the rear end has been swapped out, but all the "plumbing" is there). So I was wondering, how do those with a 97+ XJ with ABS go about doing this project given that there is practically no real estate on the driver side of the vehicle?

Im not trying to start a debate as to whether or not a snorkel works. Im just wondering how you do this mod. I saw many write ups on installing various snorkel set ups, but none seemed to address ABS models (or even really what to do with the washer bottle once removed).

get rid of the ABS by changing the prop valve to none ABS equiped one

clean4drxj said:

get rid of the ABS by changing the prop valve to none ABS equiped one

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Even if I were to do that, I'd have to remove all the other parts. At this time, I'm not interested in doing that. Frankly, it's more work than I want to do.

if you want to run a snorkle you may have to, or make your own cowl snorkel

On my 96, we swapped the washer fluid reservoir to the passenger side and kept it in the fender (not exactly a quick and easy job, but totally worth it - mine was in the engine compartment before). And we got a snorkel from my neighbor's 4Runner which fits pretty perfectly around the ABS with a canister air filter without having to have any unnecessary bends or lots of tubing (again, not quite plug and play, but turned out well).

bulfo4 said:

On my 96, we swapped the washer fluid reservoir to the passenger side and kept it in the fender (not exactly a quick and easy job, but totally worth it - mine was in the engine compartment before). And we got a snorkel from my neighbor's 4Runner which fits pretty perfectly around the ABS with a canister air filter without having to have any unnecessary bends or lots of tubing (again, not quite plug and play, but turned out well).

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You make it sounds as though he had an extra snorkel just chillin that or just figured his ride wont need it hah.

AllmeXJeep said:

You make it sounds as though he had an extra snorkel just chillin that or just figured his ride wont need it hah.

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Under cover of darkness...ha! No, his 4Runner was totalled and he was parting it out and I kept looking at that snorkel and thinking it would fit, so he let me pull it off and we lined it up and sure enough, it was a pretty remarkable fit.

Being the owner of a snorkeled XJ, im curious to see how it looks.

I read a write up where someone installed this (http://www.tomsbroncoparts.com/product/windshield-washer-fluid-bag-1966-67-bronco-new) instead of the hard washer bottle when they did their snorkel. However, they didnt say if it was a direct fit or if they had to rig it to work properly. Any thoughts?

@bulfo: How much modding did you have to do to get the 4runner snorkel to work? It sounds like it could be a viable option if I decide to do this project.

Take a look at this thread: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1084206

I installed the snorkel and asked the same. At the end of the thread one relocates the bottle at the other side of the rig. Pictures includes. Still in my TODO list.

The snorkel works very well. The picures are old. Now have new battery, wires, sparks, etc.