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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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Hi all,

First off I'd like to thank all the ppl that gave advice on the Heavy breather .. the Nightrider add-on worked great

Ok, I just noitice that there seems to be a small drops of oil coming from the breather, it seems to be at the point where the breather is bloted to the Carb? only seem to have started to happen and as there only a small drop on to the covers below....

Anyone any ideas? the bike seems to be running fine and I have checked the plugs and it isnt running lean!

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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Anyone got any idea? Thx Niall
 
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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What breather are you running?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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Remove a few ounces of oil from your oil tank and it should quit blowing out the breather.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bwana1
Remove a few ounces of oil from your oil tank and it should quit blowing out the breather.
Number one on this!
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 12:55 AM
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i always run the oil about half full... that combined with a breather tube keeps my oil where it belongs- in the bike and off of my right leg!
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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good info, and this one is similar to mine:
http://www.mklsportster.com/xloilblowbyarticle.htm
 
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 03:40 AM
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I went with this breather to be EPA friendly. The blow-by is yer problem.

http://www.vanceandhines.com/product...ked/naked.html
 
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Hi there, Thx for the info :-)

I'm running a Screamn' Eagle Heavy breath with stock pipes and a Nightrider app to control the fuel air mix .... But I replaced the stock filter and unclipped the nightrider so it was back to stock (as factory) and ran the bike around town again... still have oil aroind the breather blots in the head!

The Oil tank is currently showing half full and the bike runs fine, there;s no smoke from the back so not burning oil, but it does seem to be blowing it out the breather blots while driving. Is this something to lead to a big (expensive) problem or is it normal on these fuel injected bikes?

Thanks all for your advice

Niall
 
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