Breather tube

[mrbill5491]

I just ordered a new breather tube for my air box, though the new tube has a solid plug at the bottom with a clip. My question is, how can it breath when it has this plug where the original one didn't?

[sedelen]

I'm not sure that what you got was the breather hose. I ordered and received one for my '82 GS1100E and it was just a hose. I also ordered and received the air box drain hose, which is just a hose with the plug and
clip(s). I do believe that's what you got.

Items 7 and 5 respectively, but they don't show the plug, but it did come with the drain hose.

http://www.boulevardsuzuki.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=95963&category=Motorcycles&make=SUZUKI&year=1982&fveh=2156

[BassCliff]

Hi,

The airbox has a breather hose on the top that connects to the top of the crankcase. The carbs have two vent hoses that are open to the air behind the airbox. The airbox also has a drain tube.

Have a look:

Where Do These Hoses Go?

I think I have more pictures around somewhere if you need them.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[mrbill5491]

Okay let me clarify, the tube I'm talking about is the one at the bottom of the airbox sorry about that. My old one that self destructed just had a piece of foam in it where this new one has a plug in it. To me it can't operate as a drain tube with a solid plug in it.

[sedelen]

My 1000 has a drain hose connected to the air box, no plug or anything else to stop it from draining. I plugged it once but the bike ran a little rich so I unplugged it.
My 1100 has a new drain hose with the plug, I left the plug in, you can collect alot of fluid through the length of the hose and remove the plug occaisionly to drain it. As for me I've never drained it once I put the hose on, the hose was missing altogether when I got it, so that's why I put one on, expensive hose. If I had known it was a hose with a plug I would've just got a length of hose and plugged it with a dowel or screw.
What I believed I was getting was a hose with a "check valve" in it, which would make more sense, but that wasn't the case.

[mrbill5491]

Yeah that is what I thought it was too a check valve until I took it off and saw it was solid. I'm thinking I'm going to take the plug out and install some foam at the top connection like the old one had. At least it would let any fluid drain out slowly and keep any anything from getting in. Or a very small filter of some sort...

My 1000 has a drain hose connected to the air box, no plug or anything else to stop it from draining. I plugged it once but the bike ran a little rich so I unplugged it.
My 1100 has a new drain hose with the plug, I left the plug in, you can collect alot of fluid through the length of the hose and remove the plug occaisionly to drain it. As for me I've never drained it once I put the hose on, the hose was missing altogether when I got it, so that's why I put one on, expensive hose. If I had known it was a hose with a plug I would've just got a length of hose and plugged it with a dowel or screw.
What I believed I was getting was a hose with a "check valve" in it, which would make more sense, but that wasn't the case.

[sedelen]

Surely it would have to be some sort of "breatheable" foam. Who knows how long I went without a drain hose before I found it missing. There is a fair amount of suction on the end, and my concern if sticking something in that tube would be the amount of likelihood it could work itself free and get injested into a carb.
Now I felt the suction when it was idling, I can only imagine how strong it would be at red line, my plug is staying put.

[mrbill5491]

Okay, I may have to give this some thought. Since the hose is connected to the air box there is going to be a good amount of vacuum through this hose. I would like to know what year they updated that part number and why...

Surely it would have to be some sort of "breatheable" foam. Who knows how long I went without a drain hose before I found it missing. There is a fair amount of suction on the end, and my concern if sticking something in that tube would be the amount of likelihood it could work itself free and get injested into a carb.
Now I felt the suction when it was idling, I can only imagine how strong it would be at red line, my plug is staying put.

[tigerfan474]

I got a5 tip from someone on here. I bought a small filter and put t on the end when I ran k&n's.

[mrbill5491]

I'm assuming you are talking about the breather hose from the head cover right? I had misidentified the part at the beginning, I was calling is a breather hose, in reality it was the brain hose from the bottom of the air box. So if you ran K&Ns pods, you wouldn't have had the drain hose.

I got a5 tip from someone on here. I bought a small filter and put t on the end when I ran k&n's.