Oil leaking into air box filter

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Oil leaking into air box filter

25 Mar 2016 21:12

Hi new member to forum I have a Z1 900 oil is coming from oil breather into air box at a high volume . Why is it so. zee1mark

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Re: Oil leaking into air box filter

25 Mar 2016 21:38 - 25 Mar 2016 21:39

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Zee1mark wrote: Hi new member to forum I have a Z1 900 oil is coming from oil breather into air box at a high volume . Why is it so. zee1mark

Possibilities could include blow-by (from combustion chambers) OR excessive oil volume in crankcase OR dirty oil OR too low viscosity oil OR gasoline intrusion into crankcase OR dirty breather, or some combination of such maladies.

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Re: Oil leaking into air box filter

25 Mar 2016 21:39 - 25 Mar 2016 21:40

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Overfilled your oil? If not that's blow by sorry to say. BTW welcome. Pics?
Steve

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Re: Oil leaking into air box filter

26 Mar 2016 05:02

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Please describe exactly how you check you oil level. Ed

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