Crankcase Breather/Oil Seperator

[Az Bound]

This past week I was going over routine maintenance on my Trooper and decided to check out the crankcase breather/oil seperator unit and see if it need any attention. The thing is a mess. The fine dust from the desert where I ride hardly even slows down as it goes past the cheap paper filter under the nice chrome cap and enters directly into the top end of the motor. After taking every thing apart and blowing out dust and muck where oil mist from the engine combines with the dust running past the filter I decided to relocate the unit up into the clean air.

Although it looks like a chrome martini shaker mounted to the side of my roof rack I'd rather have people ask me what it is and tell them I drink alot than have all that dust being sucked into the engine. Pull it apart and take a look, I think you'll be surprised.

Happy Trails

Az Bound

[Kinarfi]

I have more of a problem with it blowing oil out rather than letting it in, does yours stay dry?

Kinarfi

[Az Bound]

I have more of a problem with it blowing oil out rather than letting it in, does yours stay dry?

Kinarfi

Mine was dry as a bone except at the point where it enters the head. Even at the nipple where it enters the head there was only on oil mist . All of the hoses had dust in them. The canister was dusty and the oil drain hole was clogged with dirt. In the hose fitting at the head where the dirt mingled with the oil mist there was about a 1/4" of crud. So it apears that mine sucks instead of blows. There was no oil in the canister. For me relocating the canister seems to be the best solution.

Happy Trails