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water and oil in the black oil boxes

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:13 am
by ducapiero
Hi guys last week end i went out for my first long run i make in 2 days 290 km,and the bike is fantastic.......
but after every ride near the black oil boxes i see oil leaking,i had lines very old and damaged,and a little pod filter after the box,
now i change them but when i took off the black boxes there was water and oil in!!!! :confused: :confused: :confused:
it's caused only by the damaged line???
give me an answer
lamps
Piero

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:45 pm
by persempre907
Ciao Piero,
1) che intendi per "black oil boxes"?
2) acqua????? Sei veramente sicuro???? Se la tua moto monta il motore 750, come fai ad avere acqua da qualche parte (se non piovana)?

A presto.

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:11 pm
by ducapiero
per Black oil boxes intendo la sctola dello sfiato dell'olio....
piovana è impossibile perchè la mota non la prendo con la pioggia.....
boh.... :confused: :confused:

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:03 pm
by Duc750
Guys you've lost me with Italian ! :D

But if you have stopped the connection between the Black catch tank and the air box you should see a little oil in that Breather tank.
As the air in the catch tank cools you will get some water condensing along with the oil. Its the same reason you can get a white deposit in the site glass - give it a couple of long runs and drain the catch tank if you like. If it is still happening then change the oil - that should clear it.
Other thing to check is that you still hagve some sort of "media" in the tank - normally its foam.
The reason is it is there to give the oil droplets something to cling to and condense on but its secondary purpose is to stop anything else flowing back down the breather into the engine.

if you have a look in the tech forums on http://www.tlzone.net under oil tank and oil breather you will find a long thread on Breather mods for TL1000's but it also covers exactly waht each compnent in the crank case breather does and what the effect of not having them is :thumbup:

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:07 pm
by persempre907
You're right.
I told that I was amazing hearing he had some water in the box.
Really, the condense could explain that.
CIao

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:54 pm
by ducapiero
Have you a direct link i can't find the discussio that you mention
thanks
Piero

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:02 pm
by Duc750
I can't find it either (the site has changed host recntly)
I'll caht to the mods there and see what I can do

Cheers
Andy