Posted by rwmccluresr on August 28, 2007, 4:45 pm
2003 v-star 1100 has almost 14000 miles on it. I pulled the air
cleaner yesterday to adjust valves and i found some oil in cleaner
cover. Has anyone run into this? and if so what do I look for? I try
to do all of my repairs myself.
Posted by Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com on August 28, 2007, 5:16 pm
rwmccluresr@ctc.net wrote:
>2003 v-star 1100 has almost 14000 miles on it. I pulled the air
>cleaner yesterday to adjust valves and i found some oil in cleaner
>cover. Has anyone run into this? and if so what do I look for? I try
>to do all of my repairs myself.
It's condensed oil blowby from the crankcase. It comes up through the
breather hose.
http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/ShowSchematic.aspx?deptId „9513&machineId„69
#38: PIPE, BREATHER 1
There's a plug you can remove to drain the outer air cleaner box, but the
owner's manual probably never mentions periodic draining of the hose that
collects condensed oil.
#30: PLUG,SPEC''L SHAPE
There's probably some oil in #35 too
If the bike has paper air filters, oil soaking ruins them.
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Posted by oasysco on August 28, 2007, 8:06 pm
On Aug 28, 4:45 pm, rwmcclur...@ctc.net wrote:
> 2003 v-star 1100 has almost 14000 miles on it. I pulled the air
> cleaner yesterday to adjust valves and i found some oil in cleaner
> cover. Has anyone run into this? and if so what do I look for? I try
> to do all of my repairs myself.
Just like Albrecht says; same thing on my Honda VTX.
greg
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>cleaner yesterday to adjust valves and i found some oil in cleaner
>cover. Has anyone run into this? and if so what do I look for? I try
>to do all of my repairs myself.