| Author | Message | ||
     Fastcar540i |
Hi All, I just bought an '08 1125r. Love the bike....it still had the factory air cleaner in it so I installed a new K&N. Bike runs great but i opened up the day after the new air cleaner in and noticed puddles of fuel in the air box. There was enough in there that when I removed the base plate from the bike it poured onto the floor in the shop. I cannot find any leak or other source for this problem. The oil is clean and doesn't smell like gas that I can tell. The bike has 12000mi. on it. I have been riding 150mi. a day on my commute. This happened after one day of riding. Any help is appreciated. | ||
| Smoke4ndmears |
strange. is the gasoline vent tube that straddles the airbox cracked near the outlet (front of bike near fuel filler) or is that area in any way compromised? | ||
| Fastcar540i |
nope, the tube is in perfect shape. I did leave the air box cover off for the 150 mi. ride to see how loud it would be. | ||
| Dktechguy112 |
Are you sure its fuel and not oil? If the oil level is to high the bike will shoot oil into the airbox. | ||
| Fastcar540i |
I had thought of that but the oil level is perfect. I am hoping that this was a fluke and will not happen again. I am installing a carbon canister this weekend and changing the oil just to rule it out completely. | ||
| Dktechguy112 |
did it smell like oil or gas? gas has a very distinctive smell. | ||
| Avalaugh |
Will be interesting to hear about how much oil comes out of your bike, if your saying oil level is perfect (guessing your just looking on dipstick) I really think there's way too much in there. It's a terrible design. I just measure out the oil into a jug, pour it in and never check it. Each oil change the same comes back out, doesn't use a drop. I do oil change every 3-4k depending on use. |
