Gas in Air Box

[Justin Sinclair]

Decided to clean my air filter and had a little more than a table spoon of gas laying in the air box and the air filter smelled of gas as if gas had been poured on it..Is this normal? what causes this?

 

[zeerapid]

Most likely a dirty air filter.

 

[clutch]

Have you been hauling it with the gas turned on? If so try turning off the gas and letting the engine run for a few seconds before shutting it of.

 

[DadsApex]

I ran into a simlar issue last night, was going to clean the air filter and found quite a bit of black oil in the botton of the air box. I started cleaning it out and thought maybe there is suposed to be some in there to trap anything that gets in the airbox. It did have a gas smell as well................James

 

[Justin Sinclair]

I think I figured it out....I'll tip it up and stand it on the back racks to clean underneth it evey once and a while and it always seems to do it after that DUH!! ...One of those blonde moments

 

[Snowwmax]

I ran into a simlar issue last night, was going to clean the air filter and found quite a bit of black oil in the botton of the air box. I started cleaning it out and thought maybe there is suposed to be some in there to trap anything that gets in the airbox. It did have a gas smell as well................James

Sorry for the late replay..

You get a little gassy oil in the airbox as well due to Off-camber riding.. It is normal. I usually swap my airfilter every ride (I bought and extra so make it easy) so I have found various levels of oil.. once was as much as 1/2 cup! but then again.. I rode some crazy stuff that day!