Oil in airbox,,,, anyone else?

[3forme]

Was in the airbox yesterday to plug off the air injection (SAIF system) which worked by the way. No popping now. AAAAnnnndd, I noticed some greasey looking oil in the lower rear part of the airbox. Not a lot, but just along the back edge. It was obviously coming from the crankcase breather hose. It wasn't real runny like fresh oil, but a little thick. I've got 10K miles on her and all is fine so far. Anyone else noticed any trace at all of oil in theirs? :???:

[Triple_Rider]

I havn't been in there yet, but plan on it. How did you block off the SAI? I've heard of people putting a marble in there, but i'm hesitant ot do that.

[Nimec2320]

I had this happen to me once. The jackasses that changed the oil in my v star over filled it and it all went up into my air filter. Just put a little too much oil in and when it got hot it came out the breather.

[Martin_R]

Some greasy residue is normal. You will get some oily mist rising up the breather even if the bike is not overfilled.

So if the airbox was just a little damp and oily on the surface around breather then you are OK. If there was more than a little of actual fluid in there, then you might want to think about looking into this further.

By the sound of your description I think you should just clean it up and forget about it.

[3forme]

Thanks Martin_R. I will watch the oil level though and make sure I'm not overfilling it. I wish it had an oil level window. It's so much easier and faster that way.

[3forme]

Triple_Rider, I searched the archives and found that some guys just put duct tape over the hole, so I tried that as my first move. The popping did stop after blocking it! :-D I may later eliminate the whole system. I also taped over the so called 'drain hole' right in the same area. I didn't like having it open to the engine without being filtered.