| Author | Message | ||
     Manomako |
I just changed my oil in my 2000 blast for the first time (since i bought it), and boy was it dirty! but alongside the oil drain tube there was another tube and when i unplugged it about a 1/2 cup of some fluid squirted out, it looked like oily iced coffee!! where does this tube come from and what the heck was this stuff and why is the tube plugged? | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
You didnt know the Blast came with an espresso machine? Thats the PCV drain. Condensation from the engine mixes with the oil to get that brown colour. Oil vapor goes into the air cleaner/engine while condensation runs down the drain tube. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Not a problem. Add a little sugar and you've got great cappucino. | ||
| Manomako |
but why is there a plug on it? what happens when it gets full and backs up? will i smell burnt coffee? haha seriously, shouldn't it just drain out or is that against epa standards? i dont remember reading anything in the manual that says to unplug it and let it drain once a week or on a schedule...what do you do? thanks guys | ||
| Dustyjacket |
You drain it when you change the oil. It is in the service manual. Not a lot goes in there, and I wouldn't want to be dripping oil right in front of my rear tire. Whoops! I've never had more than a drop or so come out of my 2002. | ||
| Swampy |
I used the plug to plug the breather hose that goes in the airfilter, then remove the tee and replace it with a union and just leave the breather hose open. | ||
| Jprovo |
You can leave it uncapped, and it's not going to hurt anything. It's like a little catch can that you have to drain every once and awhile. The one on my bike drains milky fluid every time I change the oil. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Seriously, as others here have said, drain it everytime you change your oil and you'll get a free cappucino. | ||
| Manomako |
whew! ok, good to know, thought my tranny fluid had been contaminated... thanks guys, i'll sleep better now! dave | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Now that you mention tranny fluid. It wouldn't hurt to put a couple of small zip ties on either end of the little rubber boot that covers the clutch cable adjuster. It also probably wouldn't hurt either to pack some thick grease in there before you zip tie it. Water has been known to run down through the clutch cable housing into the transmission/clutch oil reservoir. Last time I changed the tranny fluid I also noticed a slight bit of cappucino in there too. | ||
| Jprovo |
Some of that comes for pressure washing the bike and getting some water into the trans vent line, or condensation in the tans vent line if you live where it actually rains (or heavens forbid, snows!). A couple real hard thrashings in the heat will boil that condessation right out!!  | ||
| Swampy |
Heat is good! If you follow the Trans vent line it goes up the frame under the seat and if you wash that area it is susceptible to water infiltration. Since the vent line points up it might be a good idea to zip tie it to the top of the rail or put a filter on it. | ||
| Manomako |
good ideas. d | ||
| Calebw |
That's why I never wash my bike. Safer that way! |
