Did you ever watch the movie Dante's Peak? Clearly, Pierce Brosnan would have never made it through the river without a snorkel.
But seriously, snorkel's do serve a definite purpose. When you are traveling behind another vehicle on a dusty trail, where does the dust go? No doubt you have opened up your filter box before and wondered, "how did that get so dirty?" Well, if you had a snorkel it may help you out.
The best protection for your engine from dust and water ingestion is an Australian made Safari snorkel. Safari engineers quality, vehicle specific designs made from premium polyethylene to ensure their snorkels will stand up to the harshest of conditions.All Safari connection ducting is custom designed and tooled and is manufactured from EPDM moulded rubber, rated to a continual 130°C operating temperature. There is nothing better on the market.
This Safari snorkel is available to suit 3.4 V6 gasoline engine 1st gen Toyota Tacoma, 1995-2004.
Instructions: http://www.safarisnorkel.com/guides/TOYOTA/Pages/ss170HF.html