Wher can I shove my breather

[biker]

Has anyone found a spot to stick the breather pipe from the rocker cover instead of having it go into the air cleaner.

Have changed over my air cleaner to sports filters and now am trying to work out where I can shove a tank and the pipe.

Also, are there any ideas on where the carby breathers on the round tops which also go to the air cleaner can go?

[carguyinok]

Most of the ones I have seen with the aftermarkt aircleaners. The owners have just picked up a small cone type filter and sliped it over the tube on the cover. I have done this but will warn dont forget to clean it. Or you will get oil dripping after time.

The other thing I have seen is running a rubber tube from the cover down the plug side of the block ending near the oilpan. Here again oil will build up over time where it ends.

[Nigel Mulvey]

Could always send it down to the trans. tunnel. That's where I have mine attached to a passing water hose with a plastic tie.

[Leeroy]

Ok....bit of a home handyman job...either you can buy an oil breather tank (AU$150+), or you can make your own. When I fitted my aftermarket filters, I struck the same problem (though I was going to do it at the same time, so I guess I didn't really strike a problem...ahem...) so I made my own. Just get something made out of aluminium, stell etc that is hollow and has a removeable part (so you can empty it!). Now, find a mount point somewhere (mine was on the engine bay wall, where a small hole was already there), make a small mount out of alu. strap so as to attach it to. Now to prepare the breather...drill about 10-12 2mm holes in it at the top (to form the breather), and next to (or close to at least) the breather holes drill a hole big enough to fit a 10mm irrigation fitting through (get this from a hardware store). Rivet/screw/weld the irrigation fitting in and then bolt it into your engine bay, clamp the breather hose to the breather tank and voila!! Looks good, works well, and is track legal!:classic:

[Z Kid]

Select a nice tin of liquid substance from the supermarket juice etc, and drill two holes, and voila, you have your catch can, track legal, cheap and easy. Mount it so it can be remmoved ie with a big hose clamp to empty it.

[sjcurtis]

" Biker " The breather on the L series rocker cover is an air inlet. the reason the factory has the tube like they do to the air filter box is to supply a clean dust free air source. Many of the sugestions Eg a breather tank or coiled hose will fix your problem.

the best remedy is to fit either a ten micron filter right on the end of the alloy tube, even a piece of stocking and elastic bands would do as an interim fix. The breather does need to operate with minimal restriction, preferably with a filter , because the pcv valve is in the system causing positive crank case scavenge ( sucking large quantities of air in through the rocker cover fitting), this means if the air is not clean IE lots of dust shorter engine life. I appologise if I have offended with the way I have put the information as I do not know to what level your knowlege of crank case ventilation systems extends. bottom line

PLEASE fitt a filter

Hope this helps

Steve