Since Im new here. Time for another dumb question regarding the drain tube

[JaysGone]

Simply.................
WTF is that crap????
Disgusting stuff it is for sure.
Can the thing be rerouted to burn it off in the carbs somehow????f???

Cant find the answers Im looking for in the search.

[PhredValk]

If it's the crank case breather hose, not much you can do but drain it now and then. I haven't done mine in 24K miles, but will do it this spring just cause. The bike runs great without cleaning it.
Fred.

[Shotgun]

That's Dragon Drool.

[JaysGone]

I did drain it the other day and it seemed to be a fuel related substance from its smell.
Ive owned alot of bikes over the years.
This is the 1st Ive had with this tube.
I spent about an hour last night reading replys on alot of topics in search and none really said what it actually is.
I guess you guys just accept it and it is what it is.
Thanks

[MP]

Air comes into the air box, along with moisture.  Those who live in humid climates have some of that condense in there, along with some fuel vapors that come from the carbs.  It collects in there, and needs to be drained once in a while.  Since it is on the clean side of the filter, the drain needs to be capped.

If you live in a dry climate, very little accumulates.

MP

[Warlock]

Simply.................
WTF is that crap????
Disgusting stuff it is for sure.
Can the thing be rerouted to burn it off in the carbs somehow????f???

Cant find the answers Im looking for in the search.

If you live high humidity like I do, whenever you see your engine sweet on the outside it is doing the same thing on the inside. Once the motor heats up that condensation has to go somewhere. That is known as dragon drool. That gas smell is probably being the catch for the dragon drool is also opened in the air box. If you ever forget to drain the drool it will fill up the catch and then will start going into the carbs. That would take several years before that would happen. I drain mine every oil change.
David

[JaysGone]

OK If its something I have to live with I guess I can.
I did drain it after my 1st 1000 miles.
After rebuilding the bike.
Maybe a table spoons worth.
As for humid.........
Doesnt get any more humid then So. Florida.

So this crap cant be reburned by sucking it into a manifold???
If its fuel related it should burn youd think.

[john]

pour it into the  gas tank ...                 
keep us posted             

[Robert]

If you will notice it has a oil separation tank between the engine hangers that is connected to the crankcase and the hose that goes to the air cleaner is connected to this. This will allow the vapors of oil to drain back into the engine and allow any moisture to go into the air cleaner. You do burn some of the vapors their is a slight vacuum in the air cleaner that pull this mixture of oil and water into the carbs to be burned. The wetter stuff goes out the air cleaner to the drain tube. I have mine disconnected, removed the oil separator and have a hose going right down behind the engine case. The hose is about a 3/4 inch in diameter and is located next to the clutch bleed nipple. All the old engines used to breath this way but with cleaner engines this was done away with. There is no way to make this emulsified enough to go into the carbs and burn with out clogging or making a delivery system.

[JaysGone]

In my case it was a yellowish fluid.
Snot is a perfect description.
No oil I could see.
It did evaporate rather quickly too.
The other hose your refering to is/was the PVC valve.
Or something that functions as one anyway.
What I had drained, I believe would have burned.
Its just one of those things Ive never seen in any engine Ive ever had.
Ive done alot of motor work in my time and have never had anything conedensate in an air cleaner before that would need to be drained.....
This particulate is all new to me.