White smoke coming out of the airbox

[miguel]

Hi!

First of all greetings from Portugal, gotta say this is one hell of a community!! I'm a newbie in bike matters and definetly a newbie on technical and mechanical matters. But I gotta say that I am thrilled and I want to learn.

So let's get to work.

I'm the proud owner of a fully stock 1979 GS850G and recently I noticed some white smoke coming out of the airbox.

Can someone please tell me what this means?

[Nessism]

Oil vapor and blow by gases come off the top of the valve cover and are sent over to the airbox via a rubber tube. The gases then escape out the bottom of the airbox via a breather.

[chuck hahn]

The gases get sucked back into the engine and reburned when running. Does it smoke when running or off???

[chuck hahn]

Many service manuals here and tutorials on both margins. Spend some time clicking around and save to your favorites list.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

[chuck hahn]

Parts fiches here..........

https://www.partsoutlaw.com/oemparts...9-gs850g-parts

[chuck hahn]

Carbs rebuild kits here and the intake orings are on page 3...................

http://cycleorings.com/

[miguel]

Oil vapor and blow by gases come off the top of the valve cover and are sent over to the airbox via a rubber tube. The gases then escape out the bottom of the airbox via a breather.

Thanks for such a fast reply!!
Sorry for my lack of knowledge but is it normal or is it something abnormal?

[miguel]

The gases get sucked back into the engine and reburned when running. Does it smoke when running or off???

I noticed it when I ran it for a couple of hours in a small gathering here in my hometown, and it was a bit hot that day. But in other rides - solo, I still notice it but the bike doesn't feel different its just the white smoke.

[Nessism]

Thanks for such a fast reply!!
Sorry for my lack of knowledge but is it normal or is it something abnormal?

Normal for the most part. If there is a lot of blow by though that's not good though. I wouldn't worry and just work on maintenance.

[miguel]

Many service manuals here and tutorials on both margins. Spend some time clicking around and save to your favorites list.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

Thanks!!! I went ahead and started sniffing around the web for original factory manuals and even got the haynes manual! Got parts lists, user manuals. Thing is, I'm not much of a mechanic - lets put it this way, I want to venture myself but I lack of time due to the fact that where I am currently living - Lisbon ( wich is like 300km from my parents house where the bike is), I still don't have a garage. Now I have "some" weekends where i try to come "home" and work on her.

Again, thanks so much for the fast replies with great advices!!!

[chuck hahn]

Bikecliff has the OEM factory ones. Haynes and Clymer have both been known to have missing and / or eronious info from time to time.

[miguel]

Thanks for the support!

I got them aswell