No pics tonight. I detached the tube to the canister from the air box (left it hanging out of the air-box) and attached another tube to the canister hanging it out in the breeze where I could tell whether it had vacuum or whatever.
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 5:41 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected]> wrote: > Got any pics of canister and tubing? > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 5:40 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You blew air all the way into carbs and back out gas line. That does tell >> you that your venting is not blocked >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 5:33 PM Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Darin, I tried blowing through the hose with a compressor. It shot gas >>> out the gas line to the gas tank. I have the tank off and a funnel on the >>> end of the gas line. Doesn’t that tell me the canister is a vent for the >>> carbs not the engine? I didn’t feel any vacuum through the hose from the >>> canister when I had the engine running. For a fleeting moment I thought of >>> drilling a hole through the oil filler cap to vent the crankcase but making >>> sure I had a spare filler cap after having regret doing it. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 4:38 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> HI graham. Your cannister vent is connected to the air box and should >>>> have a vacuum on it when bike is running, thus pulling blow by out of >>>> crankcase. Make sure your tubes aren't blocked and make sure you change air >>>> filter if it is paper type. The condensate from crankcase will restrict air >>>> flow when collected in filter. Thought I had mine all cleaned out to find >>>> out a few months later that what little I didn't get out turned to >>>> condensation in my air filter. Ran like shit over 5k rpm.hope that was it >>>> and hope this helps. Darin. >>>> P.s. drain vent tube connected to that breather canister >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/Zmf5QjwyszI/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
