Does your LHS casing get oily/grimy?

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hornetrider · #1 Post by **hornetrider** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:59 pm

Or is it just mine?

It's not dropping any oil and the oil level doesn't seem to be dropping, but every five hundred miles or so I need to wipe off a thin film of oil from the engine casing which seems to appear.

Thoughts?

Nooj · #2 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:26 pm

Oil breather pipe come off the bottom of the airbox?

Falcopops · #3 Post by **Falcopops** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:56 pm

Oil breather off air...............

Damn this time slip!

hornetrider · #4 Post by **hornetrider** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:21 am

Ah ok. Excuse numptiness, is that one of the three rubber hoses grouped together? Do "they all do that" then?

Falcopops · #5 Post by **Falcopops** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:23 pm

Those three hoses are drains nd breathers for the tank and the plate below the battery box/back of the tank. They're not the culprits.

The one Nooj and I mean is the fat hose on the lhs rear of the underside of the airbox. It's the engine breather. lift the tank and you'll see it straight away.

sabestian · #6 Post by **sabestian** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:22 am

Mine does that too. I don't think it's from the breather, although it is very hard to locate the source as it's a really tiny amount of oil (just a thin film, like after you sprayed WD40 on the engine case). It worries me intermittently. Not enough to investigate it further, though.

phillvr6 · #7 Post by **phillvr6** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:43 am

Mine does it too. I'm happy with the oil breather pipe explanation.