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Post by gy6girl on Feb 27, 2013 23:53:23 GMT -5
Ok.. another problem I guess I could throw out..
One of my scooters was leaking oil.
I finally figured it out. It was coming out of the air filter box where the purge tube comes off.
I got rid of the whole air filter and put in a high performance air filter.
With the purge tube, I just shoved the tube coming out of the engine into it.
Now there is no leak, but the purge tube fills up too fast.
The oil is not overfilled, so I don't know why it does this so bad.
Any suggestions what to do with this tube now that I put the new air filter on it.
ps... the new air filter made a huge difference.
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Post by edfr on Feb 28, 2013 0:18:02 GMT -5
Check and see if the hose has any kinks or sharp turns restricting the venting. If you say it is not being overfilled then your getting a lot of pressure in the crankcase for it to do that.
The Valve on the Valve cover may be partially clogged, it acts just like a PCV vale on cars they put them in the Valve covers to relieve the pressure so it doesn't blow out the Valve cover gaskets.
Lefty
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Post by gy6girl on Feb 28, 2013 0:52:51 GMT -5
Hmm... It was leaking out of the cover and I had to replace the gasket.
That fixed that leak.
But it must be a pressure thing.
What might be clogged again?
I don't understand that part.
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Post by edfr on Feb 28, 2013 0:57:39 GMT -5
See that Valve on top of the COVER that is where your hose connects to. Well under the cover is a plate that covers the valve exit so as not to throw out to much oil. You would need to take the cover off and BLOW throuh it to make sure it is not clogged. Lefty  |
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Post by gy6girl on Feb 28, 2013 1:04:11 GMT -5
That's just it... It's not clogged.
Plenty of oil spilling out of it.
Maybe it's stuck open?
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Post by scootnwinn on Feb 28, 2013 1:18:56 GMT -5
Or missing...
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Post by gy6girl on Feb 28, 2013 1:30:47 GMT -5
Hmmm... missing... I did take the cover off and gapped the valves, and I don't remember seeing any valve going to the hose. Then again, I wasn't looking nor do I know what to look for. |
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Post by edfr on Feb 28, 2013 1:35:00 GMT -5
Good point scootnwinn, the plate could be missing or have wide open spots around the plate. I have seen some come with Like JB weld all around the plate to close it up. Well you can take it off and take a picture of the underside of the cover you cannot miss it.
Lefty
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Post by scootnwinn on Feb 28, 2013 1:56:08 GMT -5
Exactly lefty it not only needs to be present it needs to be sealed like you say...
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Post by edfr on Feb 28, 2013 2:29:06 GMT -5
Here are just two types the underneath of the valve cover there are more that are different. Lefty   |
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Post by gy6girl on Feb 28, 2013 12:03:40 GMT -5
It's not easy to get to that thing to get it off.
A lot of pieces have to come off.
But thanks, I will check into it.
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Post by edfr on Feb 28, 2013 13:19:56 GMT -5
Life is a beach sometimes
Lefty
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