I HAVE had my toy in water over the hood with a snorkel for about 3 minutes solid- I had no problem with the fan eating the radiator. I was running 33s and open diffs back then, crossing a creek that turned out to have a foot-deep hole in the middle that stopped my tiny Toy cold. The only tricky part was keeping the motor revved so all the backpressure from the water didn't kill it while I rigged the strap. I knew there was a reason I had a passenger. But the fan was fine, FYI. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Regarding the snorkel: Be glad yours is short. I was constantly snagging mine on trees, and had to stop and yank the branches free. Problem was it kept wallowing out the bolt holes in the a-pillar holding it down, and then it would rattle until I drilled it out for bigger bolts and gunned it back down.

Tell your buddy not to mind hitting his driveshaft skid, er, gas tank. As soon as 4 or 5 of us on Pirate4x4 moved our gas tanks up & out of the way, the driveshaft died on each and every rig. I cut a hole in my floor and lifted the tank 5 inches so it was flush with the frame, and the 'shaft died on the first ledge I scraped it on. Until he's ready to re-tube it with 1/4" tubing, let the gas tank skid do its job. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />