• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Airfilter and inside of airbox soaked with motor oil???

fire1998

fire1998

Husqvarna
AA Class
I've got an 09 TXC 250 with a 300 kit installed. Bought it used and it was supposedly a low hour bike with about 30 hours on it. I put about 80 miles on it and noticed that the swingarm under the airbox was covered in oil. I figured the filter was just over oiled. Went out to change the filter and the bottom half of the filter is soaked with motor oil. The inside of the airbox is also full of oil. The motor is pumping oil out into the airbox thru the carb!!! Any idea what is going on?
Thanks
 
Yes, it's either been recently dropped on the right side or somebody overfilled the engine.
 
What she said.

The breather exhales into the airbox. When you over fill or crash and tip your bike near upside down it gets oil in the airbox. Clean it out, check your oil level and ride. :thumbsup:
 
It pissed me off no end when trying to get the oil out of my filter. I rerouted the hose to a small external filter and plugged the hole in the airbox with a M10 bolt.
 
Here is the solution:

A crank case breather hose so you don't get any oil in the airbox.

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Ensure you never kink the breather hose.
All good stuff.
Way to go crew and helping a guy out.
Prevented panic mode setting in I am sure.

Joe
 
I did this mod on another brand of bike and routed the hose all the way to the top of the air box and then into it. Probably could figure out a way to do that on a Husky too.:excuseme: Then you wouldn't have to worry about water so much. By the time water reached your breather, the air filter would have already taken a drink.:busted:
 
Well, pretty much there is nothing else to say. Just a reminder, check your oil level. These things don't need much as is, meaning it's easy to overfill. Thus it gets spit out in to the air box.
 
Now your going to have oil all over the motor. Put it back to stock there are several good reasons the factory did this. Don't have time to explain the pressure differentials in the motor and several of the other reasons. Simple don't over fill or fall on RH side. Later George
 
danbartol said:
Here is the solution:

A crank case breather hose so you don't get any oil in the airbox.

P1020442.jpg
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i'm looking at doing this mod but i'm wondering what you do to fill the hole where the breather hose originally went into the airbox? any pics of what you did there? thanks.
 
^^^ Not really getting the overkill reason for redirecting the overflow oil to a filter above the motor. Most people are over filling their motor with oil, but despite that it's still going to spit it out some. I don't see a problem with it and plus it helps lube the filter/catch some debris. But hey, to each his/her own right. Experiment as you will, yes.
 
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