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Do pods create excessive oil pressure??
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I thought the fact that there was oil rather than air coming from the breather might have been a sign of too much pressure. I took the breather filter off on the way home last night and it didn't seem to leak as bad, but then again, I didn't rev it past 5-6k at all.
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Where the hell have you been hiding this sweet KZ... Love it!
As for the oil breather line... Longer lines down and to the left side facing the ground behind and outside of the rear set... Plummen taught me that trick. Originally had a filter on it...
During hard runs, I would get this squishing noise... Drove me crazy, no one could figure it out in the AVI clips... Out with the stethoscope.... Traced it down (loudest) area between oil pump, clutch components... Replaced both... Quieted it down but still present at times... Had a slipping clutch anyways so that was left on the to do list just the same.
Removed breather filter, new longer breather line, haven't heard the noise since... Gee, go figure! :S :laugh:
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Don't let the hose get pinched or kink.
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carefull with that classified info,remember im not supposed to know anything! :laugh:Well looky-looky!
Where the hell have you been hiding this sweet KZ... Love it!
As for the oil breather line... Longer lines down and to the left side facing the ground behind and outside of the rear set... Plummen taught me that trick. Originally had a filter on it...
During hard runs, I would get this squishing noise... Drove me crazy, no one could figure it out in the AVI clips... Out with the stethoscope.... Traced it down (loudest) area between oil pump, clutch components... Replaced both... Quieted it down but still present at times... Had a slipping clutch anyways so that was left on the to do list just the same.
Removed breather filter, new longer breather line, haven't heard the noise since... Gee, go figure! :S :laugh:
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There's more info on the crankcase breather in this thread than Kawasaki put in all their manuals combined :laugh:
Plummen is correct! You're a tad on the high side with oil level.
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The KZ that is.
I ran a tube all the way back to the tail light for the vent.
Didn't work too well because any low spots trapped moisture which collected and formed a puddle. Had I left it long enough, it would have blocked off the air flow.
Make sure any hose you use doesn't have a low spot like a letter U.
Just up and over where the airbox used to be, then down.
Some use a can to collect the oil.
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