pingu-nz said:
BritTwit
Interesting photo ,
Your bike has just come back from air-box fix,there must be different kits or interpretations of how the separator is installed as mine is completely opposite to yours,
So which one is correct ?
Paul,
It appears that your breather hose to the air-oil separator and the other hose from the separator to the airbox are just a different shape from mine.
Because of this your separator sits further back closer to the airbox than mine does.
This may be a recent revision to the kit.
I made certain the dealer installed the kit as per the instructions and photos in the Norton bulletin.
There were even things in the kit that were not mentioned in the instruction bulletin.
Like the strainer/check valve that had to be inserted in the oil line between the oil tank and the rear inlet to the oil pump.
My Dealer had to contact Kevin to find out how it was supposed to be installed.
Seems the breather kit is updated with improvements from time to time, but the installation bulletin doesn’t always get updated to include those changes.
Also the two crimp clamps furnished for the strainer/check valve were the wrong size 13-15. Should have been 15-18.
The factory is sending the dealer 2 new clamps, and a new sump strainer.
The one in my kit was damaged.
The concern I have with this arrangement of check valves in the oil line is that I will have to cut the crimp clamps every time I do an oil change to remove the check valves and drain all of the old oil.
Then the dealer will have to have correct size crimp clamps to reconnect the valves.
I don’t even have a crimping tool for these clamps.
The proof of the pudding will be once I can get the bike out to a nice road and give it a good flogging and see no oil in the catch bottle.
I did ride it back from the dealer – about 25 miles, and found no oil in the bottle.
The installed changes are like pimples on the face of a super model.
If these changes do the job, then I’ll learn to live with the new aesthetics.