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Author Subject: possibly a silly question about K&N's
hismastersfinger11

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Post #1
Well mine was lets say well past its clean by date....

after I had removed the grotty thing i found a fair/worring about of oily build up in here



which im guess has been sucked thorugh my filty filter question is...

how bad is this?

can i clean it with a spray?

should i even be worried?

cheers for the education in advance

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Posted 29th Aug 2010 at 03:45
Rich E Forum Admin

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It's normal. The oil vapour recirculation system takes vapour from the crankcase to the throttle body to be burnt.
(It comes in from the pipe in the left of your picture.)

A small amount of vapour will liquefy again as the engine cools.

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Posted 29th Aug 2010 at 03:59
hismastersfinger11

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Cheers Rich E Smile

thats what i love about this place, quarter to ten on a saturday night and there's still someone about who knows their shite !!!

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Posted 29th Aug 2010 at 04:07

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