Smelling oil fumes on downshift

[WindyOne]

Would it be normal after installing the discrete breather system to smell a little oil fume on downshifts?
I am trying to locate the source of this odor. I have only done 2 changes to the trike, the catless header and the discrete breather system.
It is only a quick whiff I am getting but it is recent that I smell it at all. I am hoping this is a normal thing and all is well with the trike.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I don't think mine does that with the discrete breather, but with my nose, I might not smell it.

 

[Gorilla]

Yes you might very well be smelling the fumes that would of been sucked into the intake.

 

[WindyOne]

Yes you might very well be smelling the fumes that would of been sucked into the intake.

Thanks for reassuring me. This is what I was thinking and the point of installing the breather system. It dawned on me today that this is what probably was going on.

 

[DK Custom Products]

I never smell them, but I don't have that good of a sniffer. lol

Where do you have the hose ending with the filter on the end? Maybe re-positioning it will get the fumes out of your smelling zone.

Kevin

 

[WindyOne]

I never smell them, but I don't have that good of a sniffer. lol

Where do you have the hose ending with the filter on the end? Maybe re-positioning it will get the fumes out of your smelling zone.

Kevin

The filter end is under the transmission in line with sitting position. This weekend I will look into changing it's placement. The odor isn't offensive, just something I noticed and became concerned it was a problem and not a result of something I had done.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I've always had a theory about smells in/on vehicles ... the theory goes that if I can smell them ... probably not from my vehicle ... ya know ... kinda like burying your head in the sand ... LOL ...

 

[rhino 2]

When i use engine breaking [holding a lower gear] on steep down grades at low speeds under 30MPH, I always get it.. I attribute it to blow-by.. And not just with my T/G 'Had that with a few bikes over the years. To me its normal...:Shrug: ...

 

[WindyOne]

An Update to this post:

I didn't want anyone to think that I suspected the breather system to be the culprit in the oil smell. I asked because I did 2 changes to the trike, the breather system and the new cat less pipe. I wasn't sure if one or the other was installed correctly by me.
I removed any modifications I had made except the cat less pipe to make the trike ready for trade in. On the way to the dealer for the trade I would still notice the smell when I downshifted or let off on the throttle. Why I didn't notice this before is beyond me. So it was still there as a stock (almost) trike.

What I did notice when I removed the breather system was some oil on the rim of the filter that faces and mounts to the breather mount. Also I could feel some oil on the breather exhaust filter. All this proved to me is that the system was working and better than I had thought it would.
I cleaned it all up and will be putting it on the new trike after the 1K oil change.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I used to get that too ... one of the reasons for the discrete breather.

 

[DK Custom Products]

An Update to this post:

I didn't want anyone to think that I suspected the breather system to be the culprit in the oil smell. I asked because I did 2 changes to the trike, the breather system and the new cat less pipe. I wasn't sure if one or the other was installed correctly by me.
I removed any modifications I had made except the cat less pipe to make the trike ready for trade in. On the way to the dealer for the trade I would still notice the smell when I downshifted or let off on the throttle. Why I didn't notice this before is beyond me. So it was still there as a stock (almost) trike.

What I did notice when I removed the breather system was some oil on the rim of the filter that faces and mounts to the breather mount. Also I could feel some oil on the breather exhaust filter. All this proved to me is that the system was working and better than I had thought it would.
I cleaned it all up and will be putting it on the new trike after the 1K oil change.

Congrats on the new Trike! ThumbUp

Kevin

 

[WindyOne]

Congrats on the new Trike! ThumbUp

Kevin

Thanks I am sure you will be hearing from me in the hear future. :laugh: