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

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Green Oil Leaking from Airbox - 2008 SMR510

kcumjc

kcumjc

Husqvarna
A Class
I picked up my 2008 SMR510 last year in June and put around 1500 miles on it with no issues, aside from the occasional flame out at low revs. I'm hoping a JD Tuner will help that. I changed the oil as needed, checked the valves and cleaned the air filter. I also wiped out the air box, so it was clean.

My issue is, with the bike sitting this winter on a stand, oil is dripping from the airbox onto the top of the swingarm and running down it to the floor. This stuff isn't a simple wipe up kind of oil. I need to use cleaner. It is very sticky and green in color. The air filter was cleaned and relubed with No-toil stuff (red), so I know it's not that. It's almost like the stock airfilter oil, but I cannot see where it's coming from. I cleaned the airbox out when I reoiled the filter. It is dripping from the lower rear air intake slot.

Any clue? I haven't had the time to reopen up the airbox and check (two kids under 2) but I need too!

Thanks!
 
It is excess air filter oil. A symptom of an over-oiled filter. No-Toil starts out red, but turns green when exposed to air. Remove your air filter, mush out some of the excess oil and clean out your airbox.

What I like to do is buy a second air filter. Oil it up, put it in a ziploc baggy, and hang it up. Then, while you ride on your current filter, the excess in your spare collects at the bottom of the baggy.

When it's time to change filters, just swap them out. Clean the old one at your leisure and hang it in the baggy.
 
Hmmm...never thought it was the No-toil stuff. I was pretty sure I didn't over oil it. There were no dry spots, but it was gently squeezed pretty good and I let it hang overnight to drip. Yeah, I do need to get a 2nd filter. Guess it's time.

Thanks****************************************
 
Yup. I just oiled my filter with No Toil Evolution filter oil, and it's green. I find that when I oil filters with this oil the filter needs to sit out in my garage 24 hours before it is really dry. This is because no volatile solvents are used.

It sound like you did not squeeze out the excess oil out of the filter, installed it, then it dripped through and out of the airbox, and later dried in the airbox. All your troubles should be as big!
 
Mine seems to drip even if it is not over oiled. Particularly if it has been warm or if I have had the bike get hot. I think its because of the shape and orientation of the filter.
No need to stress as it is 99% likely happening on your bike. The only potentially harmful issue is slipping on the oil if it falls on the ground..
 
Thanks guys. I pulled the filter and YUP... the bottom of the airbox has a small layer of oil in there. I may change my proceedure of oiling the filter a bit.

I would clean it and let it dry, then toss it into a gallon ziplock baggie, add some oil and squeeze it around. Usually I pour just enough to wet the filter but not have any excess in the baggie. Then I let it dry overnight. Seems I need to let it dry longer and add less oil.

I will say, that crap sucks to clean up! And I was all confused, as the filter is still red in color, but I had the green oil everywhere.
 
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