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Purpose of breather hose from top of engine?

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J2Bs said:
Sorry to hijack this thread. Reading he replies, my question is: is there any benefit (except environmental) to having the breather hose attached to the air box, instead of just being disconnected?
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MY question is ... how can you hijack a thread that has been DEAD for five years? :-k

Yes, the main benefit is environmental, the other benefit is that the oily vapors that come through that port on top of the engine get taken somewhere other than just collecting on the engine, frame and bottom of the fuel tank. Whether you run it to a catch can or simply run a long tube down below the swingarm pivot as a road draft tube is up to you.

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maybe you are using the search function to answer questions..good for you! Many don't bother.

I might have missed it but didn't see anyone mentioning that a fair amount of water moisture might be being removed from the engine oil as steam this way,...

I guess you are going to put "pods" on and get rid of the airbox...? The hose might be mentioned in one of those threads too, per what they did with it. I've heard of people putting it into a jar (vented to atmosphere of course) but I don't think the suction that the original sytem has would be there.
 
I've seen a couple pod conversions that have filters on the end of the hose. One on a GS 750 and another on a KZ 1000. They used something like this. I'm not saying to use this, just commenting on what I've seen.

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I don't understand how that kept oily junk from coming out though.
 
I guess it works as a reverse filter so the oily mess gets trapped on the inside. With that said, I left the breather hose open to the air above the trans case.
 
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