cool, thnx :)

Ok next time i will try to remember that I dont have a Tenere :D Can anyone clarify this procedure on XT660R? Because I cant see any pipes behind the bashplate on my XT :P

help anyone ? :$

and what if I remove the breather pipe from airbox and reroute it much higher, like on top of the airbox? and would use a separate filter on it... what about one-way valve in the tube? can I use one? which way would the valve have to be. when I put my finger on the pipe it felt like it is sucking air from airbox?

Hi Piipz - as you surmised, this thread is in the Tenere specific section which is why you might not have got an answer yet - have you also tried asking this in the XTR tech section?

I am not familiar with the XTR/X set up compared to the XTZ, but what you are saying above would be an option I'm sure - a lot of dirt bikes simply vent into a small filter and/or one way valve - although if the bike pumping out a lot of oil, it might make a mess under the seat?

Routing the breather into the airbox uses it as a sort of collector (and any gases/vapours get recycled into the engine), and on the Tenere there is a drain tube from the bottom of the airbox which you can empty out periodically.

Hopefully some on the XTR side will be able to give you a definitive answer/solution?

xxx

had a tenere in to the workshop for some work , a 12 volt socket and a cent/stand , funny to pull up out side the garage and see another white ten , when it was up on the bench i had a look and it was full and i mean full , so drained it off just over 200ml so i put the plug back in and parked it out side on its new stand 2 hours later the owner turned up for his bike and it was 1/2 way up again the air box must have had aload in , anyway told him about it and the site so he might just turn up on here with us .

where was he from kev?

Latest news: in Germany all Yamaha dealers got a writing concerning the modification of the breather(partno.11D-E5371-10, of my '08 Tenere), which must solve the oil drain pipe problem. Which it did for the Tenere riders who had the modification exchange in Germany. So, ask your dealer for this, if it's taken care of in Germany, it must be available in other countries too, I pressume(I contacted my dealer here in Holland with this information, so he can call YamahaNL).
Greetz, Hans.

That is interesting Hans - I don't suppose you can get a copy of the letter once you find out exactly what the modification is?

xxx

:mbounce:Hi Hans/Jenny

It looks like I'm finally vindicated for bring this up on the forum all that time ago and lets hope Yamaha UK do the mod also!

We need that copy letter or service sheet,Hans from Yam Germany though to push the case through with UK.

Thanks for the post its good news!

I still drain mine at least once a week but to keep Jmo and the Guvnor happy I put the drain pipe bung back in some time ago!

Thanks
Mark

Not sure what mod has been done, this part comes standard on the 2008 XT660Z. Please can we have some more info, thanks.

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