excessive oil and burning oil

bunnysZ · #1 PostAuthor: **bunnysZ** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:46 am

on top of the crankcase is the body breather ,(chrome dome) which has a pipe that feeds into the air box, i have K&N filters so i have added a pipe which feeds up under my seat into a small filter.
I noticed a lot of smoke and burning oil smell from there the other day, and around the chrome dome it is damp with oil. i removed the body breather today and there is a pool of oil sitting in the recess .
is this a sign of a problem or start of a problem. bike is not burning loads that I have to keep topping it up,

ADRIAN H · #2 PostAuthor: **ADRIAN H** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:01 am

you need an oil catch tank -

http://www.debben.co.uk/obct.html

z1bman · #3 PostAuthor: **z1bman** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:29 am

smoke or vapor? smoke means rings are suspect vapor is normal. yes you will find oil under the breather cover

Charlie · #4 PostAuthor: **Charlie** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:29 pm

I route mine to underneath the motor (away from the back tyre). No smells, no smoke, no oil drips :wink:

#5 PostAuthor: **chrisu** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:41 pm

need to do a leakdown test paul

ZedHead · #6 PostAuthor: **ZedHead** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:52 am

chrisu wrote:need to do a leakdown test paul

+1 Excessive oil and burning smell from breather sounds dodgy to me

Mark Tiller · #7 PostAuthor: **Mark Tiller** » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:21 pm

Oil in the dome don't worry, Zeds with higher mileage prefer not to be filled up to the high mark especially when ridden with vigour

excessive oil and burning oil

excessive oil and burning oil

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