Airbox Oil - Oil Smell... Took Spyder apart... Time for questions and observations.

[Buelldog]

Hole Plug

I used a plug for plugging vaccume lines you can get a package of them at parts store for about 2 bucks.
Yes I did run a drain hose through the splash pan.

spyman

Thanks for the reply....Regarding plugging vacume lines.... there are no vacume lines to plug with this mod ??the only thing we are plugging in this oil can collector mod is the entrance hole in to the airbox....am I correct or missing something?? :dontknow:......Thanks

 

[SPYMAN]

Thanks for the reply....Regarding plugging vacume lines.... there are no vacume lines to plug with this mod ??the only thing we are plugging in this oil can collector mod is the entrance hole in to the airbox....am I correct or missing something?? :dontknow:......Thanks

You are correct, But I used the vaccume line plugs to plug the air box
it leaves a nice looking finish "a black ruber plug".


SPYMAN

 

[ptoemmes]

I'm glad you mentioned that. I wondered why you guys had the crankcase venting to atmosphere with the catch can mod instead of hosing it back into the airbox. Now I know. I'm doing the oil catch can mod to both mine and Deb's Spyder in the coming weeks as we both used a quart or so of oil on the LA trip and I bet a lot of that is in the airbox right now (or dripping down the outside of it ). I'm guessing we might not have if the intake wasn't drawing oil into the airbox.

I routed mine back into air box. Sorry, no pictures, but I used about 2 feet of hose from the crankcase in a non binding arc to the catch can which is "attached" low down by the oil resevoir and then back up to the air box.

Pete