Regular Height Breather / Low Profile Breather?
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Re: Regular Height Breather / Low Profile Breather?
30 Jan 2013 01:59
Just guessing that the smaller volume of the low profile cover would diminish effectiveness of the breather.
I don't understand the reason for adding a filter onto the breather, which only serves to cleanse air being exhaled from the crankcase. And air isn't being inhaled through the breather into the crankcase.
The stock breather exhales into the airbox, which adds a slight "draw" to help pull the air being exhaled from the breather, and which allows the exhaled air to again pass through the carbs as part of the intake.
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I don't understand the reason for adding a filter onto the breather, which only serves to cleanse air being exhaled from the crankcase. And air isn't being inhaled through the breather into the crankcase.
The stock breather exhales into the airbox, which adds a slight "draw" to help pull the air being exhaled from the breather, and which allows the exhaled air to again pass through the carbs as part of the intake.
Good Fortune!
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Re: Regular Height Breather / Low Profile Breather?
30 Jan 2013 04:54
If you run shorter vent make sure to run a hose up to frame rail under seat the loop back down towards tire to keep oil from blowing out of shorter vent.
In its defense I always do this anyway to keep trash out of crankcase,but in this situation it also helps keep the oil in motor since youre missing the extra baffle in stock vent.
In its defense I always do this anyway to keep trash out of crankcase,but in this situation it also helps keep the oil in motor since youre missing the extra baffle in stock vent.
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Re: Regular Height Breather / Low Profile Breather?
30 Jan 2013 17:46Patton wrote: Just guessing that the smaller volume of the low profile cover would diminish effectiveness of the breather.
I don't understand the reason for adding a filter onto the breather, which only serves to cleanse air being exhaled from the crankcase. And air isn't being inhaled through the breather into the crankcase.
The stock breather exhales into the airbox, which adds a slight "draw" to help pull the air being exhaled from the breather, and which allows the exhaled air to again pass through the carbs as part of the intake.
Good Fortune!
The reason to run a filter is to keep as much dirt out of the crankcase as possible. I know the crankcase vent is "supposed" only exhale but that is not correct. It can also suck in air as the engine cools off and or stuff can get into the vent which is a direct route to the internals of the engine. A filter is just another measure to keep crud out.
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