Oil on Air Filter
Oil on Air Filter
What can oil on an air filter mean?
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Re: Oil on Air Filter
It’s oil vapour from the crankcase breather. Nothing to worry about
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Re: Oil on Air Filter
That air filter needs replacing. It looks filthy let alone the oil
Re: Oil on Air Filter
Okay, i can see you make a good point haha, il do that, and see if its gonna occur again.
Thank you mate
Thank you mate
Re: Oil on Air Filter
So i changed it to new, and theres a little bit of oil in the air filter corner, its coming out from the breather hose
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Re: Oil on Air Filter
Thats normal.
You may however need a new oil seperator as its should be splitting oil and vapour and only blowing oily air back up
You may however need a new oil seperator as its should be splitting oil and vapour and only blowing oily air back up