Hi all,
On the top of my Lightning oil tank is what I assume a breather pipe.
I cannot see any reference in any of the A65 parts books of anything that fits to this pipe.
Ever since I have had this bike there has never been anything fitted to it, it's just been as it is (as in the attached image) and I've never really given it a thought.
I am in the process of rebuilding the bike and was just wondering if there should be a pipe attached to it and routed any particular way, or is it just 'as it is'?
Thanks
Don't think the factory attached anything to it, my 1969 A65 didn't have anything when bought in 1972, could have been removed of course. But I never experienced any oil mist from it so I just left it.
I always stick a pipe on and point to downwards to the ground. It's likely only mist will come out but that can build up a mess around the battery area etc, over time.
Hi,
I fit a tube and direct it over the final drive chain. Some people use a small catchment bottle and dispose of the waste. Popular science magazine came up with a practical way to dispose of waste oil which is interesting :)
Best wishes...
This method of oil disposal may have been ok in 1963 but nowadays it is illegal. You are basically creating contaminated ground that somebody in the future will have to clean up. A very antisocial and "I don't care way" of disposing of oil
Hi,
The bad old days when people just opened the sump plug on their car over the drain when doing an oil change and the way to deal with sewage on the beach was to extend the out fall pipe to take it further from the shore.
We have come a long way since the 1963 but there is still a plague of fly tipping and general littering that means there is till a long way to go.
Dave.
:) :) :)
Waste oil--- You might consider putting it through a very fine filter and adding it to you fuel tank(especially if you have a diesel) at about a pint occasionally when you fill your tank. I dont think I would do it on a bike cos theres seldom enough fuel in it to make a satisfactory. dilution.
Not enough to make smoke
Also assists with top end lubrication.
Mike 8) 8) 8) 8)
Back in 1963, where I grew up, in the industrial midlands, there was a lot more nasty stuff in the soil to worry about than old engine oil. Cadmium was a favourite in certain parts of my home town. A colleague was told to destroy all the vegetables he had grown one year and to stick to other plants from then on.
Hi,
I agree with Editor, in Devon we have Radon gas squirting in our houses. Great at night though, I glow green as I ride over the moors :)
The difference is that Radon gas is naturally arising because of the underlying granite geology. It is not caused by some d***head pouring oil down a drain or into the ground. The comments Editor makes demonstrate the environmental cr** we are now having to deal with. Having worked on several projects where there was contaminated ground the cost of dealing with these issues is considerable. Saying it was worse in 1963 does not actually help the situation it just demonstrates the cause.