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Old March 6th, 2012, 01:59 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by choneofakind View Post
This is the Kleen system, not the crankcase vent hose. The Kleen system adds air from the airbox to the exhaust, which then allows the hot cats to burn off excess fuel. The crankcase breather allows excess oil pressure to be blown out so the crankcase isn't pressurized.
Gotcha. For some reason, and from whatever literature I read in the past, I came to the conclusion that that was the crankcase vent. Looking at some exploded diagrams.. The breather is actually attached to the crankcase elsewhere haha.
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