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Old Aug 9, 2017 | 10:41 PM
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Cleaning my bike tonight I saw this tube coming out of the engine and not connected to anything on the other side. It was under my air filter but I lifted it above for the picture. Anyone know what this is? Thanks for the help.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2017 | 11:26 PM
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Is it a hollow tube or are there wires in it.

Overflow for engine oil?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 12:32 AM
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Man you need to seriously clean that bike. LOL From the pic can't tell if it's a elec cable or a hose that a mud dawber had fun with. Looks like a oil drain from the air cleaner.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 06:28 AM
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I'll check when I get off but it seemed hollow. To the cleaning my bike part, yeah it's bad dirty. I've been taking it to work everyday and it's also been raining a lot so it is nasty. The problem is finding time!
 
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 07:04 AM
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Overflow tubing from your gas tank would be my guess.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 07:07 AM
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Overflow tubing from your gas tank would be my guess.
^^^Probably^^^

Follow it to the other end & see where it's actually connected.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 07:15 AM
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Overflow from gas tank or bottom of carb.

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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 09:50 AM
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I have one of those from the bottom of the carb. It just hangs there, hopefully out of sight.
 
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Thanks guys, that makes me feel better.
 
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