How do I change the oil breather hose?
Replace your current hose with one that is a few inches longer. Route it in such a way as to make it go up higher before in comes back down to the air box. Just take care not to kink it. This will enable the oil to drain back into the engine after an aggressive acceleration or rapid deceleration.
Why is the oil breather hose in the airbox?
It is why you have the breather hose to the airbox and the drain tube in the first place. It keeps the oil pressure in the engine from reaching critical levels & blowing out a gasket. I assume that the machine is running well, with no loss of power or compression in conjunction with the oil problem, or you would have mentioned it.
Why is gas coming out of breather on Kohler lawn mower?
As a engine runs the crankcase will build up air pressure and that tube vents it into the air cleaner. On that engine if you follow that tube it go’s to the valve cover. This tells me you have a oil or internal engine problem. As said earlier post gas in oil.
How does a Harley Davidson Top breathing engine work?
Top breathing engines breath, or vent, through the top breather bolts which are threaded into the heads of a Harley Davidson motor. The air inside a motor is saturated with oil. It exits through the breather bolts and into the air box where the air is filtered and the oil is captured in the air filter.
What to do if oil is found in crankcase breather hose?
Here are some things to do if oil is found in the crankcase breather hose. Buy this specific part online here: The crankcase ventilation system is for gases to escape in a controlled manner from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine. It’s a one way process. First invented for tanks during world war 2 to keep water out of engines.
It is why you have the breather hose to the airbox and the drain tube in the first place. It keeps the oil pressure in the engine from reaching critical levels & blowing out a gasket. I assume that the machine is running well, with no loss of power or compression in conjunction with the oil problem, or you would have mentioned it.
As a engine runs the crankcase will build up air pressure and that tube vents it into the air cleaner. On that engine if you follow that tube it go’s to the valve cover. This tells me you have a oil or internal engine problem. As said earlier post gas in oil.
Top breathing engines breath, or vent, through the top breather bolts which are threaded into the heads of a Harley Davidson motor. The air inside a motor is saturated with oil. It exits through the breather bolts and into the air box where the air is filtered and the oil is captured in the air filter.