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Oil Seeping into Air Box
- queenofpuns
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- 1982 Kawasaki KZ550
PROBLEM: I noticed it was leaking from the drain drip on the bottom of the air box. When I took it home, I took it apart & discovered a seeping air box. Oil just seeps in from nowhere, assume the bottom, fills up to the point the drain drip kicks in. I sopped up the existing oil, waited an hour or so, and noticed a new pool forming.
What would cause your air box to seep oil (almost sucks)? I'm wondering if it has something to do with the "breather tube" (that's the metal pipe going from oil pan straight up about an inch to the air box.)I started it with everything hooked up except air filter in box. NO OIL. Oil didn't spurt out any hose, leak from carbs, nothing. It just didn't do anything, but ever so slowely seep oil.
What's your thoughts????
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1982 KZ1000LTD K2 Vance & Hines 4-1 ACCEL COILS Added Vetter fairing & Bags. FOX Racing rear Shocks, Braced Swing-arm, Fork Brace, Progressive Fork Springs RT Gold Emulators, APE Valve Springs, 1166 Big Bore kit, RS34's, GPZ cams.
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* Obviously clean the oil out of the airbox/filter.
* You may want to start fresh here with an oil and oil
filter change. In sure the oil is at the correct levels.
* Warm the engine up keep an eye on the breather tube
into the air-box...
* Measure oil pressure!!! Possibly faulty oil pump....
Or... You just overfilled not realizing... :blush:
It happens, we've all done it... You look in the sight glass, whoa where's the oil better add some... vs start the engine watching the oil light on then off, warm the oil thus circulating the oil, shut her down now and wait a couple of minutes, then check and find it's at the correct level with the bike level.
Hope it's something minor for ya...
OMR
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ZX636 suspension
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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
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In most of the KZ models, in laymen terminology, the oil breather feeds into the air-box to clog it as an indicator the engine is building too much pressure... Or the oil is over filled...
* Obviously clean the oil out of the airbox/filter.
* You may want to start fresh here with an oil and oil
filter change. In sure the oil is at the correct levels.
* Warm the engine up keep an eye on the breather tube
into the air-box...
* Measure oil pressure!!! Possibly faulty oil pump....
Or... You just overfilled not realizing... :blush:
It happens, we've all done it... You look in the sight glass, whoa where's the oil better add some... vs start the engine watching the oil light on then off, warm the oil thus circulating the oil, shut her down now and wait a couple of minutes, then check and find it's at the correct level with the bike level.
Hope it's something minor for ya...
OMR
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74 Z1-A stock
76 KZ-900 Totaly stock vice MAC pipe
77 KZ-1000A stock
78 Z1-R 100%MINT 500 original Mi.
78 Z1-R Yoshi 1103 kit stage 1 cams Yoshi pipe. Etc
79 KZ-1300 (1400)
80 KZ-1300
81 Scratch built GPz1150R
82 KZ1000
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