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techtalk:ref:engmech04 [2020/08/08 04:56] hippysmack [Sub Documents] |
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Other factors are involved so results will vary. \\ | Other factors are involved so results will vary. \\ | ||
===== Why Oil Pukes Out the Air Cleaner ===== | ===== Why Oil Pukes Out the Air Cleaner ===== | ||
- | Wet sumping is a term usually used when oil spits out the breather vent / air cleaner. ((Hippysmack of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5757523#post5757523)) \\ | + | Wet sumping is a term usually used when oil spits out the breather vent / air cleaner. ((Hippysmack of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5757523#post5757523)) \\ |
- | However, engine breathing and wet sumping are two different ideas. But they are tied together as much as air and water. \\ | + | However, engine breathing and wet sumping are two different ideas. But they are tied together as much as air and water. \\ See [[techtalk:ref:engmech04#wetsumping|Wet Sumping]] below. \\ |
- | See [[techtalk:ref:engmech04#wetsumping|Wet Sumping]] below. \\ | + | Oil puking and oil seepage out the air cleaner are different conditions. \\ |
+ | You'll know it if it pukes as there will be a good puddle of oil on the shop floor or gobs of oil running rearward of the A/C all over the bike. \\ | ||
+ | Oil seepage (or the oil filter getting saturated with oil over time) may be perfectly normal. \\ | ||
The real reason these things like to spit oil out the breather is because they're a common crankpin 45° design. ((aswracing of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=110375&highlight=variable+volume#post110375)) \\ | The real reason these things like to spit oil out the breather is because they're a common crankpin 45° design. ((aswracing of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=110375&highlight=variable+volume#post110375)) \\ | ||
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| Breather Valves ((photo by DK Custom of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1582019&page=11)) | View of one cut open. ((photos by Bored now of the XLFORUM, annotated by Hippysmack http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5761087#post5761087)) || | | Breather Valves ((photo by DK Custom of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1582019&page=11)) | View of one cut open. ((photos by Bored now of the XLFORUM, annotated by Hippysmack http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5761087#post5761087)) || | ||
- | |{{:techtalk:evo:oil:breather_valves_by_dk_custom.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:engmech:04_up_breather_1a_by_bored_now_annotated_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:engmech:04_up_breather_2a_by_bored_now_annotated_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}}| | + | |{{:techtalk:evo:oil:XXXbreather_valves_by_dk_custom.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:engmech:04_up_breather_1a_by_bored_now_annotated_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}}|{{:techtalk:ref:engmech:04_up_breather_2a_by_bored_now_annotated_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}}| |
|The mesh can become saturated with oil. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=28))|Oil drain hole. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=30))|Installed upright as shown. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=30))| | |The mesh can become saturated with oil. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=28))|Oil drain hole. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=30))|Installed upright as shown. ((photo by dieselvette of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2073932&page=30))| |