Oil in the airbox
Dec 10, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Oil in the airbox
This question has been asked before but cicumstances may be a little different.
A 2 hr. ride, foot & half of snow, on tracks. Throttle was 1/2 - 3/4 steady. Pre-ride, Oil was slightly below top mark. Post ride servicing found about 1/4" oil in bottom of airbox that obviously came up through the crankcase breather and filter. Oil down a bit but still within safe area.. No steep climbing or acceleration, on road only. Anyone else experience this?? How about your idea??
A 2 hr. ride, foot & half of snow, on tracks. Throttle was 1/2 - 3/4 steady. Pre-ride, Oil was slightly below top mark. Post ride servicing found about 1/4" oil in bottom of airbox that obviously came up through the crankcase breather and filter. Oil down a bit but still within safe area.. No steep climbing or acceleration, on road only. Anyone else experience this?? How about your idea??
Dec 10, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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Good point TLC. Can't recall, must have been before winter but even then, the type of riding I do shouldn't have caused this, But, then again I didn't check and have just assumed that it came from this ride.
Dec 10, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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Oil in the airbox
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: TLC
When was the last time you checked the air box before your 2 hr winter ride? It maybe from your previous rides?</end quote></div>
After giving this a bit more thought, it must have occurred on this ride cause when I checked the oil before leaving, it was almost at the top mark (Full) on the dipstick.
When was the last time you checked the air box before your 2 hr winter ride? It maybe from your previous rides?</end quote></div>
After giving this a bit more thought, it must have occurred on this ride cause when I checked the oil before leaving, it was almost at the top mark (Full) on the dipstick.
Dec 10, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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Oil in the airbox
It happened to me, I looked in my air box and had oil in it a month ago, god knows when it happened,maybe it took 50 -60 hill climbs from the passed 7 rides to collect it?, I cleaned it out and there is still no a oil in the box currently.
Dec 10, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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Oil in the airbox
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Mongrol
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: TLC
When was the last time you checked the air box before your 2 hr winter ride? It maybe from your previous rides?</end quote></div>
After giving this a bit more thought, it must have occurred on this ride cause when I checked the oil before leaving, it was almost at the top mark (Full) on the dipstick.</end quote></div>
A half a cup of oil looks bad in the air box but is hard to detect that small of a oil loss with the oil dip stick.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: TLC
When was the last time you checked the air box before your 2 hr winter ride? It maybe from your previous rides?</end quote></div>
After giving this a bit more thought, it must have occurred on this ride cause when I checked the oil before leaving, it was almost at the top mark (Full) on the dipstick.</end quote></div>
A half a cup of oil looks bad in the air box but is hard to detect that small of a oil loss with the oil dip stick.
Dec 10, 2007 | 05:45 PM
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Yeah, I might be being paranoid a bit. There wasn,t much more than a 1/16 cup in the airbox, maybe 8-10 Tablespoons of oil, but enough to put a 1/4 in. in the bottom of the airbox. The drain was full of ice so there was no oil in it.
