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techtalk:ref:engmech04 [2020/08/08 04:15] hippysmack [Testing with a Slack Tube by bustert] |
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| ==== Sub Documents ==== | ==== Sub Documents ==== | ||
| * [[techtalk:ref:engmech04e|Building Your Own Slack Tube]] | * [[techtalk:ref:engmech04e|Building Your Own Slack Tube]] | ||
| - | * [[techtalk:ref:engmech04f|Using / Diagnosing with a Manometer Slack Tube]] | + | * [[techtalk:ref:genmsr04#using_diagnosing_with_a_slack_tube_manometer|Using / Diagnosing with a Slack Tube (Manometer)]] |
| * [[techtalk:ref:engmech04g|Slack tube testing on a 1998 1250S model]] | * [[techtalk:ref:engmech04g|Slack tube testing on a 1998 1250S model]] | ||
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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)) \\ | ||
