No matter what I do (except stay out the rain) the oil drained out of my FD is always polluted with water. I spoke to Mikeyboy who looked at the FD and he reckons the only realistic way it can be getting in is via the breather as water pollution in only rarely a problem on non-breather FDs. The location of the breather means it is constantly sprayed with water in rain and its very simple design (perhaps too simple) means it would appear to be very easy for water to get in.
Touratech do a replacement but it's £56!!! https://shop.touratech.co.uk/reloca...1200gs-adventure-2008-2013-and-from-2014.html
I had replaced the breather in the past in attempt to cure this problem so decided to try a home made solution using the old breather and a box of spare parts from various scotoilers (which definitely don't fit to big Gs's).
Here's what i did...
(crap photos)
The pics are all out of order when loaded up here but what we have is
Oil out the FD after 7,000 miles. The black oil around the edges is from the rocker covers, the milky coffee coloured stuff in the middle is what came out the FD.
The "new" and the old breather side by side the old one with its "skirt" up. You can see the simplicity. A rubber tube with a hole in (its big on this one as I had been experimenting) and a skirt that covers it up and rests against a lip to seal it. The seal seems very poor. Also the breather is a just a push fit so possibly not the best of seals.
The brass spigot I tried at first. I simply pushed this into a hole I punched into the top of the breather.
And a couple of shots of where the breather fits.
more pics and commentary in next post....
Touratech do a replacement but it's £56!!! https://shop.touratech.co.uk/reloca...1200gs-adventure-2008-2013-and-from-2014.html
I had replaced the breather in the past in attempt to cure this problem so decided to try a home made solution using the old breather and a box of spare parts from various scotoilers (which definitely don't fit to big Gs's).
Here's what i did...
(crap photos)
The pics are all out of order when loaded up here but what we have is
Oil out the FD after 7,000 miles. The black oil around the edges is from the rocker covers, the milky coffee coloured stuff in the middle is what came out the FD.
The "new" and the old breather side by side the old one with its "skirt" up. You can see the simplicity. A rubber tube with a hole in (its big on this one as I had been experimenting) and a skirt that covers it up and rests against a lip to seal it. The seal seems very poor. Also the breather is a just a push fit so possibly not the best of seals.
The brass spigot I tried at first. I simply pushed this into a hole I punched into the top of the breather.
And a couple of shots of where the breather fits.
more pics and commentary in next post....